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- tyrannize (Amer.) tyr·an·nize || 'tɪrənaɪz v. rule in a despotic manner, govern oppressively; behave like a tyrant (also tyrannise)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
tyrannize — [[t]tɪ̱rənaɪz[/t]] tyrannizes, tyrannizing, tyrannized VERB If you say that one person tyrannizes another, you mean that the first person uses their power over the second person in order to treat them very cruelly and unfairly. [V n] ...fathers… … English dictionary
tyrannize — UK [ˈtɪrənaɪz] / US [ˈtɪrəˌnaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms tyrannize : present tense I/you/we/they tyrannize he/she/it tyrannizes present participle tyrannizing past tense tyrannized past participle tyrannized to use your power to treat people … English dictionary
tyrannize — verb ( nized; nizing) Date: 15th century intransitive verb to exercise arbitrary oppressive power or severity < some ways the living tyrannize over the dying Thomas Powers > transitive verb to treat tyrannically ; oppress < a regime that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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