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Verb oppress has 2 senses
  1. oppress, suppress, crush - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
    Derived forms: noun oppression1, noun oppressor1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
    --2 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
    Derived form: noun oppressor1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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