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tyrant

noun as in person who dictates, oppresses

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Twelve-year-old dance prodigy Maddie Ziegler has suffered the wrath of Dance Moms tyrant Abby Lee Miller.

On Christmas weekend, a North Korean tyrant has decided what American teenagers will see on the silver screen.

After clashing with coach Victor Tikhonov, a KGB-installed tyrant, he chose to challenge the government and defect to the NHL.

Rivers continued on her political, authoritarian monologue by describing what kind of tyrant she would be.

And that isn't even the biggest political problem with Tyrant.

In the meantime, the outlaw, having observed how much more cordially the tyrant is received than himself, has made his exit.

To remove a tyrant is an act of liberation, the giving of life and opportunity to an oppressed people.

The removal of a tyrant is not merely justifiable; it is the highest duty of every true revolutionist.

But the killing of a tyrant, of an enemy of the People, is in no way to be considered as the taking of a life.

The superstitious tyrant Maximin endeavoured to revive the dying paganism, and to renew the persecution.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tyrant, such as: autocrat, bully, despot, dictator, oppressor, and absolutist.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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