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Another word for oppress

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Verb

  1. To do a wrong to; treat unjustly

    See also:

    right

  2. To make sad or gloomy

    See also:

    happy

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Another word for oppress

Verb
  1. See also:

    wrong

    bother

    abuse

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Sentence Examples

  • The nobles were exhorted not to oppress the commons.

  • And yet in Gideon's time they were strong enough to oppress Israel.

  • The silence began to oppress the princess and she tried to catch someone's eye.

  • During the first year of her reign she made known that she was "resolved not to follow the example of her predecessor in making use of a few of her subjects to oppress the rest.

  • 1, 1897, declared it to be neither national, nor Liberal, nor Christian to oppress the nationalities.

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