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

That if he did not obtain for every State all they wished, they must attribute the sacrifice he might be compelled to make of his inclinations, to the tyrannic rule of necessity.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared

My noble and illustrious friend betray'd By crafty faction, and tyrannic power!

From The Earl of Essex by Jones, Henry Festing

Florence, too, we must except from the tyrannic system, for a democratic government prevailed there for many years to come, and also Rome, where the Papacy prevented Colonna and Orsini from establishing a despotism.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight