treat+cruelly
131trample — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. crush, tread, grind, squash, stamp on. See overrunning. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stamp on, crush, tread on, grind underfoot, injure, squash, bruise, tramp over, overwhelm; see also defeat 2 , 3 ,… …
132tyrannize — 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… …
