oppressive in the PONS Dictionary

oppressive Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

tying [or oppressive], contract
ограничителен договор
oppressive agreement LAW
ограничително споразумение

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The alliance responded rapidly to a deteriorating situation that threatened hundreds of thousands of civilians rebelling against an oppressive regime.
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A young husband generally uses the pretence of going to the country to escape his oppressive domestic circumstances.
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The ceiling was designed at 11ft6in m in height so the space would not feel oppressive.
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If these forces had not been challenged and defeated militarily, the argument goes, many more people would have died under their oppressive rule.
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In summer the heat is too oppressive before the afternoon visit, and the operative exercises are held in the evening following afternoon rounds.
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It claims to create awareness of and protect minority peoples around the world who are threatened by oppressive governments.
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This oppressive backdrop explains the frequently referenced migration of humans to extra-terrestrial (off-world) colonies.
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Therefore, distress is understood not solely in intrapsychic terms but in the context of an oppressive environment that psychologises and individualises distress.
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Ji-hoon becomes determined to put a stop to the oppressive situation she's been in for 18 years.
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Fashions that required a tiny waist were deemed oppressive.
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