| oppress | | |
| v. (social) | 1. crush, oppress, suppress | come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.; "The government oppresses political activists" |
| ~ quash, repress, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reduce | put down by force or intimidation.; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" |
| v. (social) | 2. oppress, persecute | cause to suffer.; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" |
| ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| ~ purge | oust politically.; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" |
| outclass | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. outclass | cause to appear in a lower class.; "The Yankees outclassed Cincinnati" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ subordinate | rank or order as less important or consider of less value.; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" |
| outclassed | | |
| adj. | 1. outclassed | decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class. |
| ~ inferior | of or characteristic of low rank or importance. |
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