tyrannic

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The tsars’ successors, the Soviets, proclaimed lofty ideals but in governing such a vast land they, too, became consumed by the tyrannic paranoia that plagued their forebears.

From Economist • Aug. 18, 2016

The U.S. general in charge of the case admits Cargill's difficulties; but, somewhat like Captain Vere in Melville's Billy Budd, he sets law. however tyrannic, above lawbreaking, however understandable.

From Time Magazine Archive

Juliet now stood in scarcely less dismay than she had been witnessing all around her; panic-struck to find herself in the power of a person whose character was so wantonly tyrannic and irascible.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

Drive this monster of tyrannic fear from your mind, and enjoy the inestimable freedom of an emancipated human being.

From An Atheist Manifesto by Lewis, Joseph

We are all subject to the tyrannic sway of imagination’s empire.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)