Oppressor - English meaning

noun

A ruler who has absolute power.

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Like many autocrats, franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive

noun

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

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He is a ranting, domineering bully

verb

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

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Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school

adjective

Very good; excellent.

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The statue really looked bully

noun

A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.

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History should have taught us that despots, nuclear powers, rogue states et al do not attack strong…

noun

A ruler who has unlimited power and often uses it unfairly and cruelly

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A despotic regime

noun

A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.

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Nevertheless, even absolute monarchs or totalitarian dictators are constrained by forces beyond the…

noun

Someone who rules a country with complete power, has complete control over the armed forces, and destroys any political opposition

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Dictatorial powers

noun

A person who frightens or overawes someone, especially in order to make them do something.

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They won't be bullied by the noted intimidators

noun

A person who persecutes someone, especially for their race or political or religious beliefs.

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He is badly scarred by his treatment at the hands of his persecutors

noun

Someone who treats a particular group of people cruelly

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The country's native people rose up against their persecutors., the clergy were the main persecutor…

noun

A whip used as an instrument of punishment.

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Begone, or shall i be required to chastise you with the whip and the scourge once more?

verb

Whip (someone) as a punishment.

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Our people did scourge him severely

noun

Someone or something that causes harm, evil, or destruction

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Smallpox, that scourge of previous generations, now is effectively extinct.

noun

A person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering on someone.

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They help victims of domestic violence escape their tormentors

noun

Someone who causes a person or an animal great mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain

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Victims of oppression seldom have a chance to face their tormentors., both the children have encoun…

noun

A person who inflicts severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.

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They died at the hands of sadistic torturers

noun

A person who causes great physical or mental pain, especially in order to persuade someone to do something or to give information

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The court ruled that they can take action against their alleged torturers., dictators and torturers…

noun

A cruel and oppressive ruler.

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The tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations

noun

A ruler who has unlimited power over other people, and uses it unfairly and cruelly

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Tamir, one of several sons of the exiled ruler, vowed he would liberate his country from the tyrant…