The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
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The act of depressing.
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The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.
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The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.
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The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.
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The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…
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A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
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The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.
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