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Definition of oppressing : of Oppress

Synonyms:

defying, checking, conflicting, antagonizing, confronting, hindering, countering, objecting, counterattacking, crossing, meddling, disputing, intercepting, impeding, obstructing, contradicting, resisting, interfering, repulsing, opposing, fighting, repressing, inhibiting, repelling, counteracting, rebuffing, disagreeing, challenging, suppressing, protesting

overcoming, lording, surmounting, subordinating, ruling, commanding, predominating, bettering, mastering, overseeing, vanquishing, prevailing, presiding, conquering, winning, succeeding, triumphing, dominating

curtailing, forbidding, precluding, blocking, disapproving, restricting, prohibiting, constraining, barring, outlawing, restraining, controlling, denying, banning, curbing, refusing, preventing, rejecting, disqualifying, disallowing

Usage examples:

• Far from complaining of the added weight of afflictions oppressing me at this hour I feel I cannot but welcome with feelings of thankfulness and humility such tribulations enabling me to taste the cup the Martyr- Prophet of our beloved Faith drained so heroically a hundred years ago. - "Citadel of Faith", Shoghi Effendi.
• While Elza was speaking, Eliza had turned paler and paler; a slight tremor passed through her whole frame, and she compressed her lips firmly, as if to restrain the cry oppressing her bosom. - "Andreas Hofer", Lousia Muhlbach.
• The courts did deal with Indian- white conflicts to a certain extent, but, as noted before, the local justices were often the very persons the Indians accused of oppressing them. - "Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660", Wilcomb E. Washburn.