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to repressive
adjective
Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
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Chartist riots merely led to repressive policing.
Kowtowing to repressive friends is certainly part of this episode.
The settlers' victory led to repressive measures against the Africans.
But one-sided elections are, of course, not limited to repressive regimes.
When they saw it was being signed, then they turned to repressive measures".
The company has repeatedly denied selling its technology to repressive regimes.
And western countries are still selling electronic surveillance kit to repressive regimes all over the world.
So forget about turning to repressive Russia as a "bridge" to European votes in the U.N.
The book's blurb describes it as "a blueprint for non-violent resistance to repressive regimes".
The book's blurb describes it as "a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to repressive regimes".
An opposition leader, Anatoly V. Lebedko, compared the legislation to repressive Soviet-era laws.
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