Driving
Driving adjective - Having the power of driving or impelling.
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Oppressive and driving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Oppressive" instead an adjective "Driving".
Oppressive
Oppressive adjective - Difficult to endure.
Driving and oppressive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Driving" instead an adjective "Oppressive".
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- Examples including an oppressive, penny pinching beekeeper, a slave driving meadery owner, an Argonian con artist, and the man who betrayed and murdered the original guildmaster.
Source: Asshole Victim / Video Games - An obvious example is in his version of "The Sunmakers", where, after murdering the oppressive government official who is driving them to suicide, the rebels feel like they have done something awful and express shame that it was necessary.
Source: Lighter And Softer / Literature
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