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tyrannized

[tir-uh-nahyz]

tyr·an·nize

[tir-uh-nahyz] verb, -nized, -niz·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
2.
to govern despotically, cruelly, or oppressively.
3.
to govern or reign as a tyrant.
verb (used with object)
4.
to rule or govern tyrannically; treat oppressively.

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Tyrannized is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Also, especially British, tyr·an·nise.


Origin:
1485–95; < French tyranniser < Late Latin tyrannizāre, equivalent to tyrann(us) tyrant + -izāre -ize

tyr·an·niz·er, noun
tyr·an·niz·ing·ly, adverb
out·tyr·an·nize, verb (used with object), -nized, -niz·ing.
un·tyr·an·nized, adjective
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