Definition of oppress

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Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..

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Tribune :: Tribune (n.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls..
Harrow :: Harrow (v. t.) To pillage; to harry; to oppress.
Priest-ridden :: Priest-ridden (a.) Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people..
Quit :: Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate..
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right..
Oppressed :: Oppressed (imp. & p. p.) of Oppres.
Burdener :: Burdener (n.) One who loads; an oppressor.
Heaviness :: Heaviness (n.) The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.
Low :: Low (adv.) In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice..
Poise :: Poise (n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To ravish; to violate.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..
Nonresistance :: Nonresistance (n.) The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition..
Tyrannize :: Tyrannize (v. t.) To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress..
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Exclaim :: Exclaim (v. t. & i.) To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; The field is won! he exclaimed..
Sirocco :: Sirocco (n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily..
Ease :: Ease (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
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