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Examples of oppress
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All nations will return to the true religion and will no longer steal or oppress.
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The press and the government are in cahoots, he explains, to oppress white people.
From the guardian.co.uk
But oppress them or kick them out of your town and you're no better than they are.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
He warned against improving relationships with countries that oppress human rights.
From the chron.com
The pole to which they are bound symbolises the power he had to oppress them.
From the economist.com
Polarity was invented by patriarchal imperialists to oppress the proletariat.
From the guardian.co.uk
Ruled by the Mages, an elite group of magic users, who oppress the lower Commoners.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The politics of most Southerners, above all other issues was oppress Blacks.
From the washingtontimes.com
However, India's aim is to oppress its minorities by the upper caste Hindus.
From the economist.com
- Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
- Persecute: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
- (oppressed) laden: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"
- (oppression) the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"
- (oppression) the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
- (oppression) a feeling of being oppressed
- Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, and anxiety.
- (The Oppressed) The Oppressed is a Welsh anti-fascist Oi! band that formed in 1981 in Cardiff. Most of the musicians in the band's various lineups were skinheads. ...
- Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush; To keep down by force; To make sad or gloomy
