Oppress vs Obstruct - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
* , II.x:
To keep down by force
To make sad or gloomy
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
Oppress is a related term of obstruct.
As verbs the difference between oppress and obstruct
is that oppress is (obsolete) physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush while obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle see synonyms at block.oppress
English
Verb
(es)- Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
- The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
- We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.