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oppressing

verb

Meaning

  1. To keep down by unjust force.
  2. To make sad or gloomy.
  3. Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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