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adjective

as in oppressed

suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority when the tyrannized masses could take no more, a violent and bloody revolution became inevitable

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past tense of tyrannize

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At the end, there’s a message in the credits which says that this film is dedicated to those who are oppressed and that your time will come.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 July 2026
The Irish were the original oppressed people from the English Empire, and the original colony.

— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026

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For years, a handful of countries dominated conversations about moving abroad.

— Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Then, in his most recent outing against the Angels, Skubal dominated for seven shutout innings, a forceful reminder of the ability that led him to this uncomfortable precipice.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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Which race could ultimately go between Azerbaijan and Singapore was always going to be dictated by geography.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Men don ritual shawls and leather prayer boxes, the time of the prayer dictated not by a clock but by the rising of the sun.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 25 July 2026

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In a country like India, subjugated early in the history of capitalist imperialism, and then bullied after independence by the West, a degree of self-renunciation and collective sacrifice was widely understood to be requisite to economic and political self-strengthening.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
This campy, reality-shifting comedy series questions what would happen if a flaming misogynist woke up in a world that was completely matriarchal and subjugated men based on their gender.

— Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026

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