All 4 Uses of
oppress
in
The War of the Worlds
- My wife was curiously silent throughout the drive, and seemed oppressed with forebodings of evil.†
Chpt 1.10
- The night was warm and still, and a little oppressive; the sound of guns continued intermittently, and after midnight there seemed to be sheet lightning in the south.†
Chpt 1.14
- Oppressors of the poor and needy ….†
Chpt 2.4 *
- I felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel.†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
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(oppress as in: oppressive government) to dominate harshly and unfairly; or to make sufferThe meaning of oppress depends upon its context. For example:
- "The authorities oppress political activists," or "The new nation oppressed Native Americans." -- to dominate harshly and unfairly
- "She is oppressed by excessive debt." - made to suffer