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  • 11domineer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. tyrannize, overbear, bully. See insolence, severity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. see dominate III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To command arrogantly : boss, dictate, dominate, order, rule,… …

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  • 12domineer — v. n. 1. [With over.] Tyrannize, rule with insolence, rule tyrannously, lord it, play the autocrat or dictator, exercise oppression. 2. [Used absolutely.] Hector, bully, bluster, swagger, swell, vapor, play the bully, lay down the law, ride a… …

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  • 13domineer — dom•i•neer [[t]ˌdɒm əˈnɪər[/t]] v. i. 1) to exert dominance or control (usu. fol. by over or above) 2) to rule arbitrarily or despotically; dominate • Etymology: 1585–95; < D domineren < F dominer < L dominārī …

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  • 14domineer — /dɒməˈnɪə/ (say domuh near) verb (i) 1. to govern arbitrarily; tyrannise. 2. to command haughtily; behave arrogantly. 3. to tower (over or above). –verb (t) 4. to rule or command (someone) arrogantly or arbitrarily. {Dutch domineren, from French… …

  • 15ride roughshod over — Synonyms and related words: beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, hit and run, intimidate, inundate, keep down,… …

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  • 16lord it over — Synonyms and related words: beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, intimidate, keep down, keep under, oppress,… …

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  • 17walk over — Synonyms and related words: beat down, break, breeze, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, carry by storm, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer, domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, intimidate, keep down,… …

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  • 18ride roughshod over — phrasal : to treat with disdain or abuse warn him not to ride roughshod over the younger children * * * ride roughshod over To treat arrogantly, domineer over without consideration • • • Main Entry: ↑rough * * * ride roughshod over phrase to… …

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  • 19lord it over — (also lord over) Rule, rule over, domineer over, play the lord …

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  • 20dominate, domineer — The first of these words means to control, govern, regulate, or tower above : The superintendent dominated the hospital staff. The tall pine dominated the coastline. Domineer means to rule or govern arrogantly and tyrannically, to regulate like a …

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