English > oppress: 2 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Example | "The government oppresses political activists" |
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| Synonyms | suppress, crush |
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| Narrower | repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce | Put down by force or intimidation |
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| Spanish | abrumar, oprimir, reprimir |
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| Catalan | aclaparar, afeixugar, esclafar, fer callar, oprimir, reprimir |
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| Adjectives | oppressive | marked by unjust / unjust / unjust severity or arbitrary behavior |
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| Nouns | oppression | the act of subjugating by cruelty |
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| oppressor | a person of authority who subjects / subjects others to undue pressures |
