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Oppresses

verb
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo keep down by unjust force.
"The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners."
2.verbTo make sad or gloomy.
"We were oppressed by the constant grey skies."
3.verbPhysically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

Synonyms

suppressharasscrushpersecuterepressesstiflessuppressesoppressionsoppressionoppressivenessoppressiveoppressors

Rhymes With

tressespossessesaddressesexcessesprofessesexpressesstressescoalesces
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