tyrannical rule

collocation in English

meaningsoftyrannicalandrule

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tyrannical
adjective
uk
/tɪˈræn.ɪ.kəl/us
/tɪˈræn.ɪ.kəl/
using, showing, or relating to the unfair and cruel use of power over other people in a country, ...
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rule
noun
uk
/ruːl/us
/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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(Definition oftyrannicalandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Then, dominant goods serve as the means of dominating people; they create personal subordination, and ultimately, subjection totyrannicalrule.
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Let us be very careful in this matter to avoid thetyrannicalruleof the majority.
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After several years under thetyrannicalruleof the chieftain, the people overthrew him and flogged their chieftain to death.
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The heroes escape and hide in a cave full of refugees who already fled the villain'styrannicalrule.
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Theirtyrannicalrule, combined with adverse conditions ("droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, famines, floods etc"), caused a noticeable decline in the island's population.
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Histyrannicalrule, however, led to his quick downfall.
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The city gained fame as a producer of millstone during the period oftyrannicalrule.
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To do this, it gives you a list of pranks to pull in the office, each one softening the office'styrannicalrule.
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This is an example of methods and rationale that dictatorships espouse to establish an unchanging monolithic society,tyrannicalruleand autocracy, without any participatory opportunities offered to a population.
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Justinian'styrannicalruleprovoked another uprising against him.
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Claire's personal, almosttyrannicalruleof law has the effect of a secret extrajudicial proceeding.
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The term now impliestyrannicalrule.
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