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Tyrannise

verb

Rule a country as a tyrant. Synonyms: grind down, tyrannize.

Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner. Synonyms: domineer, tyrannize.

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"Tyrannise" Quotes from Famous Books

... is trying to tyrannise through government is Science. The thing that really does use the secular arm is Science. And the creed that really is levying tithes and capturing schools, the creed that really is enforced by fine and imprisonment, ...

— Eugenics and Other Evils • G. K. Chesterton

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... off' is the plain dictate of conscience and of common sense. But it seems as hopeless as it is imperative. I suppose everybody feels sometimes, more or less distinctly, that they ought to make an effort and get rid of these beggarly usurpers that tyrannise over will, and conscience, and life. Attempts enough are made to shake off the yoke. We have all tried some time or other. Our days are full of foiled resolutions, attempts that have broken down, unsuccessful rebellions, ending like the ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John • Alexander Maclaren

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... of the restraints which the later semi-civilisation of life imposes. "They obey the impulse of rude Nature which bids the deer herd fall upon any stricken hart, the duck flock put to death any broken-winged brother or sister, and on all hands the strong tyrannise over the weak." Young Carlyle was mocked for his moody ways, laughed at for his love of solitude, and called "Tom the Tearful" because of his habit of crying. To add much to his discomfort, he had made ...

— Thomas Carlyle - Biography • John Nichol

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Words linked to "Tyrannise" : boss around, dictate, hector, ballyrag, grind down, bullyrag, strong-arm, push around, domineer, bully, browbeat