oppress
verb
1 oppress
Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority:
— The government oppresses political activists.
synonyms: crush, suppress.
Roget 739:
be severe
etc.
adj..
assume,
usurp,
arrogate,
take liberties;
domineer,
bully
etc.
885;
tyrannize,
inflict,
wreak,
stretch a point,
put on the screw;
be hard upon;
bear a heavy hand on,
lay a heavy hand on;
be down upon,
come down upon;
ill treat;
deal hardly with,
deal hard measure to;
rule with a rod of iron,
chastise with scorpions;
dye with blood;
oppress,
override;
trample under foot;
tread under foot,
tread upon,
trample upon,
tread down upon,
trample down upon;
crush under an iron heel,
ride roughshod over;
rivet the yoke;
hold a tight hand,
keep a tight hand;
force down the throat;
coerce
etc.
744;
give no quarter
etc.
(pitiless)
914.1.
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Dutch: onderdrukken
2 oppress
Cause to suffer.
synonym: persecute.
Roget 907:
be malevolent
etc.
adj.;
bear spleen,
harbor spleen,
bear a grudge,
harbor a grudge,
bear malice;
betray the cloven foot,
show the cloven foot.
hurt
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
annoy
etc.
830;
injure. ,
harm,
wrong;
do harm to,
do an ill office to;
outrage;
disoblige,
malign,
plant a thorn in the breast.
molest,
worry,
harass,
haunt,
harry,
bait,
tease;
throw stones at;
play the devil with;
hunt down,
dragoon,
hound;
persecute,
oppress,
grind;
maltreat;
illtreat,
ill-use.
wreak one's malice on,
do one's worst,
break a butterfly on the wheel;
dip one's hands in blood,
imbrue one's hands in blood;
have no mercy
etc.
914.1.
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Roget 649:
be hurtful
etc.
adj.;
cause evil,
produce evil,
inflict evil,
work evil,
do evil
etc.
619;
damnify†,
endamage†,
hurt,
harm;
injure
etc.
(damage)
659;
pain
etc.
830.
wrong,
aggrieve,
oppress,
persecute;
trample upon,
tread upon,
bear hard upon,
put upon;
overburden;
weigh down,
weigh heavy on;
victimize;
run down;
molest
etc.
830.
maltreat,
abuse;
ill-use,
ill-treat;
buffet,
bruise,
scratch,
maul;
smite
etc.
(scourge)
972;
do violence,
do harm,
do a mischief;
stab,
pierce,
outrage.
do mischief,
make mischief;
bring into trouble.
destroy
etc.
162.
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Dutch: vervolgen
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