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Significados de oppressive em inglês

Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.

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Uso de oppressive em inglês
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Within a year they became an oppressive regime, trampling on their promises.
Reuters
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Far from the oppressive elements of Rome-free to seek his pleasures.
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And some of those bylaws in those days were actually quite oppressive.
Radio NZ
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The solitude in the glare of the broad August sun was oppressive.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06
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Here in the mouth of the gorge the silence was almost oppressive.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
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Elise relaxed even though the new flood of oppressive power squeezed her.
Four dukes and a devil
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The sky was unusually black; the night atmosphere unusually oppressive and still.
Basil
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The heat of the slumbrous afternoon was oppressive; all animation seemed suspended.
Maurice Guest
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Franco left an oppressive legacy which periodically returns to haunt Spanish politics.
The Irish Times
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She felt cold in spite of the oppressive air of the opera-house.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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We have not found our government sufficiently oppressive to rise against it.
Funeral in Blue
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Despite the overwhelming odds, June is fighting back against the oppressive regime.
The South African
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Action seemed to make his state less oppressive; it eased the weight.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
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Hours of subsequent interviews with the SFO might appear oppressive, Chawla said.
Reuters
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The fresh air flooded the place and gradually the oppressive odor vanished.
Monte-Cristo's Daughter
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When he told the story of the tramp the silence was oppressive.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
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