oppressing

Meaning

present participle and gerund of oppress

oppress

  1. (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
  2. (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To sexually violate; to rape.

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