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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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tyrannized

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verb

past tense of tyrannize

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Adjective
  • All of us artists could stand to be more like Mark, willing to speak out for oppressed people everywhere, even when powerful people try to bully us into silence.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Ella is a young woman cursed to obey all instructions whose quest for self-determination also turns her into an advocate for the kingdom’s oppressed elves and ogres.
    Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The crude market remains dominated by state producers, major energy companies, commodity merchants and large industrial consumers whose activity dwarfs that of individual traders.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • On a finite graph, crossing the critical probability means the network will become dominated by one large sea of fluid.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Smith notched two interceptions in practice this past week, though both came in scout team periods where the play call dictated where the ball went.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The blockade choked one of the world’s most important shipping lanes and Iran dictated where the war’s frontline would be, rattling the global economy.
    Justin Fishel, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This would rake in untold billions of dollars for the company — and all but ensure that its lofty, moral duty would forever be subjugated the money-making whims of Wall Street.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In a country like India, subjugated early in the history of capitalist imperialism, and then bullied after independence by the West, a degree of self-renunciation and collective sacrifice was widely understood to be requisite to economic and political self-strengthening.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Jon Batiste is one of the most interesting contemporary musicians out there, a musical prodigy who began performing at age 8 and has mastered multiple instruments.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kids can try the sheet again and again until the facts are mastered.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Tyrannized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannized. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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