- a variation of tyrannical.
tyrannic
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
True, You were so: but your known defects have raz'd That style of wedlock, and enfranchis'd us From that tyrannic yoke.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
Love! what tyrannic laws must they obey Who bow beneath thy uncontrolled 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
Used chiefly against Judaism and Islamism, occasionally the Inquisition became the tool of a tyrannic king for private vengeance.
From Heroic Spain by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
