as in to oppress
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Recent Examples of tyrannize
As a simple but stable system of cryptographic property rights, Bitcoin is a digital, modern-day solution to the problems the U.S. Constitution sought to solve: protecting us from humans who seek to tyrannize us.
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Edan Yago, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Saddam Hussein tyrannized Iraq for 12 years after his troops were routed in Kuwait in 1991.
—Daniel Treisman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2022
The mechanics of Shakespeare’s plot — unfolding first in rigid, tyrannized Sicilia and then in pastoral, sunnier Bohemia — hinge on our rooting for the characters Leontes so cruelly censures.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition.
—John Mukum Mbaku, Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2021
In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies.
—Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2020
In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority.
—Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2020
Edan Yago, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Saddam Hussein tyrannized Iraq for 12 years after his troops were routed in Kuwait in 1991.
—Daniel Treisman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2022
The mechanics of Shakespeare’s plot — unfolding first in rigid, tyrannized Sicilia and then in pastoral, sunnier Bohemia — hinge on our rooting for the characters Leontes so cruelly censures.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition.
—John Mukum Mbaku, Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2021
In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies.
—Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2020
In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority.
—Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tyrannize
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There’s just not a lot of empathy for a group that historically has had advantages and are naturally more likely and prone to be oppressors than the oppressed.Sean Illing, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
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After suffering a fierce crackdown by Chinese security forces long accused by the West of oppressing the country's Uyghur minority, a number of Turkestan Islamic Party rebels joined jihadis battling the Syrian government in a civil war that first erupted in 2011.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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The party’s most prolific poster on X was first-term Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) with 3,983 posts, earning 15th place on the list dominated by GOP legislators.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 26 Dec. 2024
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The family friendly adventure dominated ticket sales, earning $14.7 million to capture the box office crown.Brent Lang, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
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The committee doesn’t yet exist, but already Musk has used his presence on X and this new government-adjacent, if nebulous, position to dictate policy.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
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Stop letting other people’s fears and limitations dictate what’s possible for you.Melissa Houston, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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When her father Philip dies, Rachel’s domineering mother, Carol, played by Ormond (see first look image), driven by the belief that Philip’s lifeless body will revive itself, forces her daughter to live with the corpse.Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 June 2023
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Standing next to her is Lara, the biological mother, a domineering woman dressed in expensive designer clothes.Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
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Unlike medications, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate supplements.Devineé Lingo, M.S., Health, 21 Dec. 2024
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The findings of the latest study lend support to the argument that the therapeutic properties of LE may have been based on the potential for regulating the gut microbiome.Newsweek, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Tyrannize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannize. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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