Both Uses of
oppress
in
The Two Towers
- For about an hour they went on, silently, in single file, oppressed by the gloom and by the absolute stillness of the land, broken only now and again by the faint rumbling as of thunder far away or drum-beats in some hollow of the hills.†
Chpt 4.7
- Weariness and more than weariness oppressed him; it seemed as if a heavy spell was laid on his mind and body.†
Chpt 4.8 *
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