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Definition of Oppress
1. Verb. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority. "The government oppresses political activists"
Specialized synonyms: Keep Down, Quash, Reduce, Repress, Subdue, Subjugate
Derivative terms: Crushing, Oppression, Oppressive, Oppressor, Suppresser, Suppression, Suppressive
2. Verb. Cause to suffer. "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
Generic synonyms: Bedevil, Crucify, Dun, Frustrate, Rag, Torment
Specialized synonyms: Purge
Derivative terms: Oppressive, Oppressor, Persecution, Persecutor
Definition of Oppress
1. v. t. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
Definition of Oppress
1. Verb. (obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To keep down by force ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To make sad or gloomy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oppress
1. to burden by abuse of power or authority [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Oppress
1. 1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. "For thee, oppressed king, am I cast down." (Shak) "Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen !" (Milton) 2. To ravish; to violate. 3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. "The mutiny he there hastes to oppress." (Shak) 4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach. Origin: F. Oppresser, LL. Oppressare, fr. L. Oppressus, p. P. Of opprimere; ob (see Ob-) + premere to press. See Press. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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