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oppressor
noun as in tyrant
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Example Sentences
It doesn’t see the world as a battle between oppressors and the oppressed.
But the district also acknowledged that some of the materials created by outside groups violated the district’s policy on teaching controversial subjects and cast Palestinians as victims and Israelis as oppressors.
"The massacre of innocent civilians and our domestic cricket players by these oppressors is a heinous, unforgivable crime," wrote Afghan international cricketer Fazalhaq Farooqi on Facebook.
He is the avatar of the oppressor who wants to believe he’s the victim.
It’s an artistic choice that also blurs boundaries between oppressed and oppressors, revealing the complicity of the American Dream.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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