Oppress
21oppress — verb (transitive often passive) 1 to treat a group of people unfairly or cruelly, and prevent them from having the same rights that other people in society have: Native tribes had been oppressed by the government and police for years. 2 to make… …
22oppress — verb 1) the invaders oppressed the people Syn: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill treat, tyrannize, crush, repress, suppress, subjugate, subdue, keep down, grind down, ride roughshod over, rule with an iron fist/hand 2) the darkness of …
23oppress — v 1. burden, trouble, encumber, cumber, charge, weigh; strain, break, grind, press; handicap, hamper, tax; work, drive, overwork, overdrive, fag, task; exhaust, wear, wear down, weary; overload, overcharge, load, surcharge, overwhelm. 2.… …
24oppress — op·press …
25oppress — verb Syn: persecute, tyrannize, crush, repress, subjugate, subdue, keep down …
26oppress — [əˈpres] verb [T] to treat people who are less powerful in an unfair and cruel way oppression [əˈpreʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …
27oppress — op•press [[t]əˈprɛs[/t]] v. t. 1) to govern or manage with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; exercise harsh authority or power over 2) to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.); weigh down 3) archaic to put down; subdue or suppress… …
28oppress — /əˈprɛs / (say uh pres) verb (t) 1. to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.), as care, sorrow, or any disturbing thought does. 2. to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; to subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of… …
29oppress — Ho olu ulu u, ho oluhi hewa, ho okaumaha, ho oko iko i, ho okuapa a, hō eha. Also: ho olaukōnā, pāku i, ho okē, ho opa u, ho okākāuha, a e, ho omauleho, kala ihi, ho omauha alina …
30oppress — see PRESS …
