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List of meaning for oppress

to hold down through use of force or fear

oppress, suppress, crush(verb)

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

"The government oppresses political activists"

persecute, oppress(verb)

cause to suffer

"Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

to make sad

this gloomy weather is oppressing all of us

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

a film about a man who is haunted and oppressed by the secrets of his past

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