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Verb: oppress  u'pres or ow'pres
  1. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    "The government oppresses political activists"
    - suppress, crush
     
  2. Cause to suffer
    "Jews were oppressed in the former Soviet Union"
    - persecute

Derived forms: oppressed, oppresses, oppressing

See also: oppression, oppressive, oppressor

Type of: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment

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