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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.
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Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. --Roscommon.
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The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. --Pope.
[1913 Webster] -- {Ty*ran"nic*al*ly}, adv. --
{Ty*ran"nic*al*ness}, .
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