1 to press

2 to push down

3 to keep under (control)

4 pressure

1 pressure

1 to constrain or repress emotions

2 oppressive

3 stifling

4 depressing

5 repression

1 smooth and steady

1 settled

2 steady

3 stable

1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior

2 Might makes right.

1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation

2 a cool head in a crisis

1 everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary

1 coercion will never convince (idiom)

1 lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law