Definition of domineer
: to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control
: to tyrannize over
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The domineering forward will be delighted to have got the final chapter of his career off to a flying start, and will be eager to play a pivotal role in his side's push for the MLS title.
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And last night, Stormy showed us how, by demonstrating what resistance to Trump’s domineering egotism might look like (Congress would do well to emulate Stormy).
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One great way was to remind them of your shared hate for those stuffy, domineering, repressed and repressive Englishmen.
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So, then, how does a device like an Alexa prevent us from being domineering or commanding?
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In a recent Commentary piece, Terry Teachout frets about how to assess the behavior of the late choreographer, George Balanchine, who was, if not abusive, at least domineering in a way that feels creepy.
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Yet these victims are rarely depicted as innocent but, rather, as emasculating, domineering, mouthy instigators.
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The two sons of Charles E. Merrill, founder of the Merrill Lynch securities firm, faced the same test: how to emerge from the shadows of a domineering father.
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These two influences—the domineering father and the Catholic Church—helped shape Kennedy’s tough liberalism.
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Origin and Etymology of domineer
Dutch domineren, from French dominer, from Latin dominari
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