"tyrannize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tyrannizes [present, singular, third-person], tyrannizing [participle, present], tyrannized [participle, past], tyrannized [past]
Etymology: From Middle French tyranniser, equivalent to tyranny + -ize. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|tyranniser}} Middle French tyranniser, {{suf|en|tyranny|ize}} tyranny + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} tyrannize (third-person singular simple present tyrannizes, present participle tyrannizing, simple past and past participle tyrannized)
  1. (transitive) To oppress (someone). Tags: transitive Translations (oppress someone): тиранизирам (tiraniziram) (Bulgarian), tiranitzar (Catalan), 限制 (xiànzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 壓迫 (Chinese Mandarin), 压迫 (yāpò) (Chinese Mandarin), sortaa (Finnish), tyranniser (French), tyrannisieren (German), τυραννώ (tyrannó) (Greek), zsarnokoskodik (Hungarian), hatalmaskodik (Hungarian), tyranniser (Middle French), Bokmål tyrannisere (Norwegian), Nynorsk tyrannisera (Norwegian), tyrannisere (Norwegian), tiranizar (Portuguese), тира́нить (tiránitʹ) (Russian), tiranizar (Spanish), tyrannisera (Swedish), тиранити (tyranyty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tyrannize-en-verb-VgElwoj1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 53 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'oppress someone': 100 0
  2. (intransitive) To rule as a tyrant. Tags: intransitive Translations (rule as a tyrant): τυραννώ (tyrannó) (Greek), zsarnokoskodik (Hungarian), tiranizar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-tyrannize-en-verb-QOu24VNl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 53 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'rule as a tyrant': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tyrannise (english: non-Oxford British English)

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