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as in oppressed
suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority when the tyrannized masses could take no more, a violent and bloody revolution became inevitable

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verb

past tense of tyrannize

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Adjective
  • Taking part in a cultural boycott as an act of solidarity with an oppressed people is politics and saying no, art should be separate from politics is politics.
    Kamila Shamsie June 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
  • Serkis keeps the spine of Orwell’s novella, about a group of oppressed farm animals who rebel against their human oppressors, only to repeat the humans’ mistakes, but his version takes a few liberties.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • Ali pummelled Foreman in the ring and dominated him on the PR front as well.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
  • After being dominated by the quicker Moorer for the first seven rounds, Foreman found his timing late in the fight and landed combination after combination.
    Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Service is friendly but discreet, something the Swiss have mastered like few others.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • That that's something that's really, really hard to replicate, and he's really mastered it.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Tyrannized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannized. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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