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But Russia kept getting bigger, mostly by killing, oppressing, and annoying Russians.

What matters for them is less the oppression itself than the nature of the entity doing the oppressing.

The acts to prevent the landholder from oppressing the occupier, and those for the encouragement of tillage, failed.

All the mystery surrounding him, oppressing him—everything weird was sent flying instantaneously.

The knight would be only a hardhearted warrior, oppressing the poor and miserable, and only interesting from his deeds of valor.

Hitherto, every form of society has been based on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes.

After a terrible internal combat the man yields to this unknown will which is oppressing him.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to oppressing, such as: alarming, appalling, awful, calamitous, cataclysmic, and catastrophic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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