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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
  • Kid is a member of an oppressed race who was driven to terrorism by the acts of the corporation that destroyed his home planet and vilified his race.
    Ryan Woodrow, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
  • Atwood’s novel allows readers to map June’s hardship onto virtually any era in which women feel oppressed (which, horrifically, is every era in American history).
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • How the sprint race unfolded Hamilton dominated, the gap over Piastri widening to nearly seven seconds on the final lap, with Piastri and Verstappen finishing second and third at the Shanghai International Circuit.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Ali pummelled Foreman in the ring and dominated him on the PR front as well.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 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 10 Jun. 2025.

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