OPPRESS


Meaning of OPPRESS in English

v. a.

1.

Load, burden, weigh heavily upon, bear hard upon.

2.

Overburden, crush, overwhelm, overpower, subdue.

3.

Persecute, wrong, maltreat, treat cruelly, tyrannize over.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms.      Словарь английских синонимов.