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tyrannise

How to use tyrannise in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for tyrannise.

Editorial note

If your government wanted to tyrannise you, they would and all the AR15s in the world wouldn't save you.

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Quick take

rule a country as a tyrant

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tyrannise gathered in one view.

verb

rule a country as a tyrant

verb

rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tyrannise.

verb

rule a country as a tyrant

verb

rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"

Example sentences

1

If your government wanted to tyrannise you, they would and all the AR15s in the world wouldn't save you.

2

Children nowadays are really tyrants, they no longer stand up when their elders come into the room where they are sitting, they contradict their parents, chat together in the presence of adults, eat gluttonously and tyrannise their teachers.

3

Indeed there is much tyranny to be had in the undermining of foreign economies with espionage and injected turmoil, and the nation of the USA has invested much in its ability to tyrannise other nations through economic means.

4

Charity they feel to be a ridiculously inadequate mode of partial restitution, or a sentimental dole, usually accompanied by some impertinent attempt on the part of the sentimentalist to tyrannise over their private lives.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use tyrannise in a sentence?

If your government wanted to tyrannise you, they would and all the AR15s in the world wouldn't save you.

What does tyrannise mean?

rule a country as a tyrant

What part of speech is tyrannise?

tyrannise is commonly used as verb.