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

She was a widow and a man-grabber; she still had a tyrannic beauty and a greed of conquest.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

Bestir yourself, since you are under this tyrannic vault; drink wine, since you are in this world, a seat of woe.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

But this great consolation tyrannic destiny would not allow.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by