flee repression

Frequency: 7.010.2 per million words

To run away from a situation of repression.

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Examples (10)

  • Streams of migrants are fleeing war, repression, and poverty.
  • Many political dissidents were forced to flee repression in their home country.
  • She made the courageous decision to flee religious repression and seek asylum.
  • If the authoritarian regime intensifies its control, more people will flee repression.
  • Throughout history, populations have often had to flee repression to survive.
  • He managed to flee brutal repression by crossing the border under cover of night.
  • Those who flee repression often carry deep emotional scars.
  • The international community urged the government to stop the actions causing citizens to flee repression.
  • After years of enduring persecution, they finally planned to flee the growing repression.
  • To flee repression is a fundamental human right when facing severe persecution.