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oppress
1. To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: "They were oppressed by totalitarianism."
2. To lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.).
This entry is located in the following units: ob-2 + (page 2) press-, presso-, pressi-, -prim-, -prin- (page 5)