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oppressive [əˈpresɪv] ADJ

1. oppressive (burdensome):

oppressive

подавля́ющий

oppressive regime

деспоти́ческий

2. oppressive (close, stifling):

oppressive

oppressive heat

томи́тельный

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They have uniquely played in the struggles against the oppressive military regimes. en.wikipedia.org

Why pass and continue to pass arbitrary and oppressive laws against them? en.wikipedia.org

Also, her oppressive attitude made her workers leave the factory. en.wikipedia.org

It claims to create awareness of and protect minority peoples around the world who are threatened by oppressive governments. en.wikipedia.org

A young husband generally uses the pretence of going to the country to escape his oppressive domestic circumstances. en.wikipedia.org

He was given a clerical position, but he became depressed and withdrawn from the oppressive conditions; he was soon discharged. en.wikipedia.org

Fashions that required a tiny waist were deemed oppressive. en.wikipedia.org

In summer the heat is too oppressive before the afternoon visit, and the operative exercises are held in the evening following afternoon rounds. en.wikipedia.org

It was the wet season, the climate oppressive, there was a want of proper provisions and medicines, and resistance to the disease was low. en.wikipedia.org

That is, market trade could be liberating, but it could just as well be very oppressive. en.wikipedia.org

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