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

One can almost believe so; for tyrannic government came in with the Austrian, who ruled here because of Don Juan's death.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle

Yet those commands, however arbitrary and unfeeling, were more supportable than those with which, after every other source of tyrannic authority had been drained, the day was ordinarily concluded.

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

Bestir yourself, since you are under this tyrannic vault; drink wine, since you are in this world, a seat of woe.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar