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Meanings of oppress in English
Synonyms
Examples for "crush"
Examples for "crush"
1
Sudan used government war planes and proxy militias to crush the rebellion.
2
Fascists want a strong state to crush opponents and to provide jobs.
3
Naval battle of Meloria; the Genoese crush the power of the Pisans.
4
House price bubbles thrust economies forward and crush them when they burst.
5
I sure hope he's not strong enough to crush my shoulder socket.
1
However, he could not suppress a faint hope and he listened carefully.
2
Misfortune cannot suppress it; enmity cannot alienate it; temptation cannot enslave it.
3
The second, and this may end next year, was to suppress volatility.
4
It is not to suppress the Irish commissioner, or the French commissioner.
5
Do you work with fact checkers to suppress false news and hoaxes?
Usage of oppress in English
1
Others say that majorities will always abuse increased power to oppress minorities.
2
Together we will dismantle systems, policy, and practices in health that oppress.
3
Never a colonial power, we did not oppress any Third World countries.
4
Desolation is left in the city, and calamity shall oppress the gates.
5
The mystery was beyond her fathoming: the darkness began to oppress her.
6
Even in his solitude, the limits of life begin to oppress him.
7
For the moment a stupor seemed to oppress the whole of Europe.
8
Their different monopolies oppress the town, and the press is their tool.
9
These hirelings would soon govern the house and oppress mother and child.
10
It shall not oppress the sense, nor shall they therewith be drunken.
11
The dreadful thought that she might be annoyed began to oppress him.
12
I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person.
13
His son followed him, and he also said: I will oppress Moab.
14
A special form of misery had begun to oppress him of late.
15
This woman was beginning to oppress her to an almost unbelievable extent.
16
Some anxiety concerning something apart from her patients seemed to oppress her.
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Oppress across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common