tyrannical
adjective
of or characteristic of a tyrant.
tyrannic
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a variation of
tyrannical.
Example Sentences
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The tsars’ successors, the Soviets, proclaimed lofty ideals but in governing such a vast land they, too, became consumed by the tyrannic paranoia that plagued their forebears.
From Economist ● Aug. 18, 2016
The U.S. general in charge of the case admits Cargill's difficulties; but, somewhat like Captain Vere in Melville's Billy Budd, he sets law. however tyrannic, above lawbreaking, however understandable.
From Time Magazine Archive
Love, with what strange tyrannic laws must they Comply, which are subjected to thy sway!
From Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. by Thomas Stanley
Drive this monster of tyrannic fear from your mind, and enjoy the inestimable freedom of an emancipated human being.
From An Atheist Manifesto by Joseph Lewis
The Irish peasant, after suffering centuries of oppression and tyrannic wrong, at last got the charter of his liberation.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley
