tyrannic

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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

"There's nothing the matter," he said, in a tyrannic voice.

From Coquette by Swinnerton, Frank

He imparts to his little ones no tyrannic power.

From Letters of Madam Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

But this great consolation tyrannic destiny would not allow.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by