Definition of oppress

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Oppress (v. t.) 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..

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Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands..
Prostration :: Prostration (n.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor..
Exacting :: Exacting (a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Throng :: Throng (v. t.) To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings..
Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.
Right :: Right (a.) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate..
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
Oppression :: Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
Surfeit :: Surfeit (n.) Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking..
Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
Ease :: Ease (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
Labor :: Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.
Toil :: Toil (v.) Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body..
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..
Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..
Patience :: Patience (n.) The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc..
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