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

But this great consolation tyrannic destiny would not allow.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

Virtue such as thine, From the fierce trial of tyrannic pow'r, Shines forth with added lustre.

From The Grecian Daughter by Murphy, Arthur

She was very careful of her five little ones, this seven-year-old mother of theirs, and never seems to have exerted the somewhat tyrannic authority usually wielded by such youthful guardians.

From Emily Brontë by Robinson, A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances)