Dangerous
Dangerous adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.
Oppressive and dangerous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Oppressive" instead an adjective "Dangerous".
Nearby Words: danger, dangerously
Oppressive
Oppressive adjective - Difficult to endure.
Dangerous and oppressive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dangerous" instead an adjective "Oppressive".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The workers we see are mostly in charge of monitoring and operating the huge machines that run the city, in a work environment that seems to be needlessly oppressive and dangerous.
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Oppressive to its own, and dangerous as an aggressor, but not very resilient at all when it is itself attacked.
Source: Comicbook / Fables - Oh sure, some Links are genuinely dangerous...but even then, some could be merely striking back against an oppressive system.
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