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Synonyms for oppress:


verb depress, subdue

afflict
annoy
harass
maltreat
overwhelm
persecute
subjugate
suppress
torment
torture
trample
vex
abuse
aggrieve
burden
crush
dishearten
dispirit
distress
encumber
force
handicap
harry
hound
outrage
overcome
overload
overpower
overthrow
plague
press
ride
rule
sadden
saddle
smother
strain
tax
trouble
worry
wrong
despotize
tyrannize

Examples of uses:

Oh, where am I to turn when grief and pain oppress me?
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Because you, without blame, can oppress her with your presence,
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But with the mobile oppression palace... A few dignitaries can oppress your entire planet for pennies a day!
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But with the mobile oppression palace a few dignitaries can oppress your entire planet for pennies a day!
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I will lead the poor to a land of abundance where no one will oppress them.
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So that Louis the Gouty could be winkled out of his exile's trough in England to oppress his people again.
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I won't allow anymore that the powerful oppress the weak. The rich take advantage of the poor.
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They don't want to be oppressed, they want to oppress
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As to Martians, our heavier air would oppress them.
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In this world, those with power oppress the losers.
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Antonyms for oppress:

aid