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hold dominion

VERB

govern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administer carry out conduct control dictate guide manage oversee regulate supervise

STRONG

captain command direct execute head lead order overrule pilot reign render run steer superintend sway tyrannize

WEAK

assume command be in power be in the driver's seat call the shots call the signals exercise authority head up hold office hold sway lay down the law occupy throne pull the strings serve the people wear the crown

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon leave mismanage neglect

STRONG

fail follow obey serve

WEAK

acquiesce agree allow comply consent give way permit surrender yield

Example Sentences

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The other reason to contemplate a cat’s consciousness is that we might learn something about those other creatures over which we now hold dominion — robots.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

I’ll take down Clarissa AND Eddie AND hold dominion over all of this school.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016

Today, in the once-derelict Northern Quarter, record stores, live venues and sonic-minded galleries and pubs hold dominion.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2011

Winston Churchill was a young army officer when Rudyard Kipling was writing about the Lord God of Hosts "beneath whose awful hand we hold dominion over palm and pine."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the office of a few gentlemen who hold dominion over oil and gas hangs a map drawn by the intelligence department of their general staff.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

hold dominion

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