Tyrannize

  • 31tyrannizing — tyrannize (Amer.) tyr·an·nize || tɪrÉ™naɪz v. rule in a despotic manner, govern oppressively; behave like a tyrant (also tyrannise) …

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  • 32tyrannise — verb 1. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner her husband and mother in law tyrannize her • Syn: ↑tyrannize, ↑domineer • Derivationally related forms: ↑tyrant (for: ↑ …

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  • 33dominate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. govern, control; domineer, overbear, tyrannize; predominate, stand out. See authority, supremacy. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rule, manage, control, dictate to, predominate, subject, subjugate, keep… …

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  • 34oppress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. persecute, burden, crush, afflict, grieve, load, de press; overbear, compress, overtax, overburden; tyrannize. See malevolence, badness, severity, subjection, wrong. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. trouble …

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  • 35beat down — Synonyms and related words: bargain, bear down, bend, bid, bid for, blow down, break, break down, bring down, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, burn down, cast down, castrate, chaffer, cheapen, chop down, clamp down on, coerce …

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  • 36break — Synonyms and related words: abeyance, about ship, about face, abrade, abrasion, abscond, abysm, abyss, accidentality, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodation, accustom, actuarial calculation, adapt, adaptation, adjust, adjustment,… …

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  • 37browbeat — Synonyms and related words: badger, beat down, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, bounce, break, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, demoralize, despotize, discourage, dominate, domineer, domineer over …

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  • 38bulldoze — Synonyms and related words: assault, be imminent, bear, bear upon, beat down, blackjack, blank, blow down, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, boost, bounce, break, break down, bring down, browbeat, buck, bull, bully, bullyrag, bump, bump against …

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  • 39bully — Synonyms and related words: Antaeus, Atlas, Briareus, Brobdingnagian, Charles Atlas, Cyclops, Goliath, Hercules, Herod, OK, Polyphemus, Samson, Superman, Tarzan, Titan, ace high, admirable, annoyer, awe, bad, badgerer, bang up, battler, beat down …

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  • 40castrate — Synonyms and related words: alter, beat down, bleed, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, change, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, cripple, daunt, demasculinize, desex, desexualize, despotize, devitalize, disable, domineer, domineer over, drain,… …

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