Tyrannize
11tyrannize — Synonyms and related words: beat down, bend, break, break down, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, conquer, cow, crush, daunt, despotize, dictate, dominate, domineer, domineer over,… …
12tyrannize — tyr|an|nize also tyrannise BrE [ˈtırənaız] v [I and T] to use power over someone cruelly or unfairly ▪ The children were tyrannized by their father. tyrannize over ▪ armed groups tyrannizing over civilians …
13tyrannize — [[t]tɪ̱rənaɪz[/t]] tyrannizes, tyrannizing, tyrannized VERB If you say that one person tyrannizes another, you mean that the first person uses their power over the second person in order to treat them very cruelly and unfairly. [V n] ...fathers… …
14tyrannize — tyrannizer, n. tyrannizingly, adv. /tir euh nuyz /, v., tyrannized, tyrannizing. v.i. 1. to exercise absolute power or control, esp. cruelly or oppressively (often fol. by over). 2. to govern despotically, cruelly, or oppressively. 3. to govern… …
15tyrannize — verb a) to oppress someone b) to rule as a tyrant …
16tyrannize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. despotize, domineer, dictate, intimidate, oppress; see also dominate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dictate, rule with an iron hand, dominate, oppress, bully, order around, *jackboot into submission, *keep under one s… …
17tyrannize — tyr|an|nize [ tırə,naız ] verb transitive to use your power to treat people in a cruel and unfair way: a manager who tyrannizes his staff …
18tyrannize — v. n. Domineer, act the tyrant, be despotic, exercise arbitrary power, lord it, rule with a rod of iron, carry matters with a high hand …
19tyrannize — also ise BrE verb (T) to use power over someone cruelly or unfairly: a family tyrannized by their grandfather …
20tyrannize — verb she tyrannized her daughter in law Syn: dominate, dictate to, browbeat, intimidate, bully, lord it over; persecute, victimize, torment, terrorize; oppress, repress, crush, subjugate; informal push around …
