harshly repress

Frequency: 7.211.5 per million words

to suppress opposition or a group of people with severe and unkind methods

repressADVERB + repress

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harshly

Examples (10)

  • The government was accused of harshly repressing the student protests.
  • Dissenting voices were harshly repressed during the military regime.
  • The regime continues to harshly repress any form of political opposition.
  • Human rights groups condemned the decision to harshly repress the ethnic minority.
  • The rebellion was harshly repressed by the imperial guard.
  • It is a country that harshly represses freedom of speech.
  • The authorities vowed to harshly repress any further demonstrations.
  • Historically, the ruling class has harshly repressed the working poor.
  • The uprising was harshly repressed, leading to widespread international sanctions.
  • They fear that the new laws will be used to harshly repress religious groups.