Devastate and Oppress

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Devastate

Devastate verb - To subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress.

Usage example: we were devastated by the awful news of his death

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Oppress and devastate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Oppress" instead a verb "Devastate".

Nearby Words: devastation, devastating, devastator

Oppress

Oppress verb - To subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress.

Usage example: a film about a man who is haunted and oppressed by the secrets of his past

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Devastate and oppress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Oppress".

Nearby Words: oppressive, oppression, oppressor, oppressing

Common collocations

family	devastate family	oppress family
rest	devastate rest	oppress rest
universe	devastate universe	oppress universe
world	devastate world	oppress world
Other words: country, planet.

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