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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tyrannic  \Ty*ran"nic\  (?;  277),  Tyrannical  \Ty*ran"nic*al\,  a. 
  [L.  tyrannicus  Gr  ?:  cf  F.  tyrannique  See  {Tyrant}.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  tyrant;  suiting  a  tyrant;  unjustly 
  severe  in  government;  absolute;  imperious;  despotic;  cruel; 
  arbitrary;  as  a  tyrannical  prince;  a  tyrannical  master; 
  tyrannical  government.  ``A  power  tyrannical.''  --Shak. 
 
  Our  sects  a  more  tyrannic  power  assume.  --Roscommon. 
 
  The  oppressor  ruled  tyrannic  where  he  durst.  --Pope. 
  --  {Ty*ran"nic*al*ly},  adv  --  {Ty*ran"nic*al*ness},  . 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tyrannic 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  associated  with  or  resembling  a 
  dictatorship;  "tyrannical  suppression  of  liberty"  [syn: 
  {tyrannical}]




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