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Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor..

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.

High-handed :: High-handed (a.) Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act..

Hunger :: Hunger (n.) To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc..

Sum :: Sultry (superl.) Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air..

Oppressure :: Oppressure (n.) Oppression.

Depressor :: Depressor (n.) One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor..

Swelve :: Sweltry (v. i.) Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

Angor :: Angor (n.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression..

Incubus :: Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.

Burdensome :: Burdensome (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.

Sultry :: Sultry (superl.) Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts..

Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

Burden :: Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive..

Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.

Press :: Press (v.) To oppress; to bear hard upon.

Aggrieve :: Aggrieve (v. t.) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved..

Burdener :: Burdener (n.) One who loads; an oppressor.

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