oppress
/əˈpɹɛs/
Dictionary
verb
- To keep down by unjust force.
"The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners."
- To make sad or gloomy.
"We were oppressed by the constant grey skies."
- Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
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