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✊oppress (oprès)

verb
/əˈprɛs/
opprimer (opprimer)
opposition Oppression
oppress definition card — visual illustration of the meaning oppress synonyms and antonyms card — visual word comparison oppress collocation card — common word combinations and phrases

Signification

To keep someone in subservience and hardship by unjust treatment.
to keep someone down by harsh and unfair use of authority; to suppress
Traduction de la signification
Maintenir quelqu'un dans la soumission et la souffrance par un traitement injuste.
Maintenir quelqu'un dans la soumission et la souffrance par un traitement injuste.

Phrases d'exemple

The regime continued to oppress its citizens.

Le régime a continué d'opprimer ses citoyens.
Le régime a continué d'opprimer ses citoyens.

The dictator oppressed the people for decades.

Le dictateur a opprimé les gens pendant des décennies.
Le dictateur a opprimé les gens pendant des décennies.

Expressions d'exemple

oppress the poor
opprimer les pauvres
opprimer les pauvres

Synonymes

persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize, dominate
Entrée 1
persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize
Entrée 2
suppress, subjugate, persecute, dominate

Antonymes

liberate, free, emancipate, empower, support
Entrée 1
liberate, free, emancipate
Entrée 2
liberate, free, empower, support

Collocations

oppress minorities, oppress the poor, feel oppressed, oppress people, cruelly oppress, systematically oppress
Entrée 1
oppress minorities, oppress the poor, feel oppressed, oppress people
Entrée 2
oppress people, oppress minorities, cruelly oppress, systematically oppress

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