oppress
/əˈpɹɛs/
fe’l verb
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To keep down by unjust force.
The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
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To make sad or gloomy.
We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.
- Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
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