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

He was trembling through fear that the Spanish government might call him to account for this tyrannic act.

From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The Irish peasant, after suffering centuries of oppression and tyrannic wrong, at last got the charter of his liberation.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

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