tyrannize
verb (used without object)
to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed byover ).
tyrannise
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a variation of
tyrannize.
Example Sentences
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“I certainly never had any musical standard to tyrannise me,” he once said.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2016
If we let him escape they would declare that we were afraid, and that would make them tyrannise more than ever over us.”
From The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean by W. Herbert Holloway
To touch, to influence, to lead, to rule, to tyrannise over the hearts and souls of all he approaches, is the great object of his life.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs Trollope
It is the very passions about whose origin we deceive ourselves that tyrannise most strongly over us.
From Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde
The Norse peasants, for instance, are said to be all slaves to the nobles, who have sovereign power over their property, tyrannise over their inferiors, and are prone to insurrection.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
