Thesaurus: oppress

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1. v. t. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
2. v. t. To ravish; to violate.
3. v. t. To put down; to crush out; to suppress.
4. 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.
5. v. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
6. v. cause to suffer
7. 1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. Wyclif. For thee, oppressèd king, am I cast down. Shak. Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen ! Milton. 2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] Chaucer. 3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.] The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. Shak. 4. 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.
8. v:100 v. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority