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Tyrannize :: Tyrannize (v. i.) To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices..

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.

Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..

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

Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment..

Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc..

Relief :: Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress..

Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

Onerous :: Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.

Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms..

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

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

Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands..

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

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

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

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

Solano :: Solano () A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain..

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