Tyranny

Kisha J. (United States of America)
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  1. vanquish
    defeat in a competition, race, or conflict
  2. trounce
    beat severely with a whip or rod
  3. flog
    beat with a whip, rod, or cane
  4. remonstrate
    argue in protest or opposition
  5. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  6. flay
    strip the skin off
  7. whip
    an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash
  8. suppress
    put down by force or authority
  9. repress
    conceal or hide
  10. persecute
    cause to suffer
  11. oppress
    come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  12. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
  13. subjugate
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  14. intimidate
    compel or deter by or as if by threats
  15. restrain
    hold back
  16. undemocratic
    not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals
  17. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  18. tyrannical
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  19. dictatorial
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  20. autocratic
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  21. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  22. absolutist
    pertaining to the principle of unrestricted government power
  23. authoritarianism
    government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
  24. totalitarianism
    a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
Created on Sat Dec 26 23:16:54 EST 2009 (updated Sat Dec 26 23:26:36 EST 2009)

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