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   oppress

   /əˈprɛs/

   verb

   • 1. keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority: "a system which oppressed working people" Similar persecuteabusemaltreatill-treattreat harshlybe brutal tobe cruel totyrannizecrushrepresssuppresssubjugatehegemonizesubduesubjectenslavescourgeexploithold downkeep downgrind downrule with a rod of ironrule with an iron handtrample ontrample underfootbring someone to their kneesride roughshod overinformal:walk all over
   • ▪ cause distress or anxiety to: "he was oppressed by some secret worry" Similar depressmake gloomy/despondentweigh downlie heavy onweigh heavily oncast downdampen someone's spiritshang overprey onburdencrushdispiritdisheartendiscouragesaddenmake desolateget downbring downtroubleafflictarchaic:deject
   • 2. another term for debruise

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French oppresser, from medieval Latin oppressare, from Latin oppress- ‘pressed against’, from the verb opprimere.

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