yoke
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8.6
- noun
- /joʊk/
- Literature
:
yugo
- Few doubted that people in Iraq would be better off if they could be freed from the yoke of Saddam Hussein.
- yoke of oppression
- throw off the yoke
- bear the yoke
But like the pandemic, the world collapsed under the under the yoke of safety ISM.
- But like the pandemic, the world collapsed under the under the yoke of safety ISM.
- They, you know, fairly recently thrown off the the Spanish yoke.
- That we may not only be the bearers of great privilege, but the Breakers of powerful yokes as well.
- So you know, that's under the, the, the yoke, right?
Examples
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One had to learn how to live with the yoke around one's neck.
Fiction book (2001) -
And you choose to wrong your brother and your friend, who have combined to help you throw off its yoke.
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You will never be under the yoke of the white man again.
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And I will not live under that yoke.
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We have thrown off the yoke.
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The approach promised to deliver quick and visible results for newly independent governments shaking off the yoke of colonial rule.
Academic text (2004) -
Their calls for liberation took many shapes and helped liberate the public realm from the yoke of the state.
Academic text (2000) -
Protesters: Czechoslovakia today became the latest of the countries of Eastern Europe once held so tightly in the Soviet grip to throw off its hardline Communist yoke.
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Many people believe that education should not be a yoke that restricts creativity and independent thought.
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The citizens united to overthrow the yoke of the oppressive regime that had governed them for decades.
Synonyms
199
5.6
Something that limits a person's freedom or progress
109
6.7
One person or a small group rules a country cruelly
44
3.9
A rule or measure that limits what people can do
17
8.0
A strong control that prevents others from changing things or acting freely
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7.5
A situation that greatly limits freedom and progress
3
8.0
A strong control that stops people or groups from acting freely
1
8.2
A strong, heavy feeling that makes people feel trapped or uncomfortable
1
8.0
A situation where a government strongly limits people's freedom
Holding someone back so they cannot grow or act freely
Antonyms
How Oppressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yoke came from the strong image of a bar that ties animals or people together, and so it became a way to speak of being 'tied down' or under control. That's why yoke can mean an oppressive force or rule that limits freedom.