4
coercion(noun, control, understanding, knowledge, abuse)
4
severity(noun, abuse, violence, misery, suffering)
4
subjugation(noun, cruelty, domination, coercion, suppression)
3
arbitrariness(noun, illegality)
3
brute force(noun, expression, idiom, severity, illegality)
3
command(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge)
3
enslavement
3
iron hand(noun, expression, idiom, abuse, misery)
3
persecution(noun, abuse, violence, misery, suffering)
3
reign of terror(expression, idiom, severity, cruelty, dictatorship)
3
subjection(noun, abuse, misery, suffering, hardship)
2
absolute power(noun, expression, authority, tyranny)
2
abuse(noun, misery, suffering, hardship, cruelty)
2
antinomy
2
domineering
2
hardship(noun, abuse, misery, suffering, cruelty)
2
iron heel(expression, idiom, severity)
2
oppressiveness(noun, oppression, domination, dictatorship)
2
savagery(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
2
terrorism(cruelty, oppression, domination, dictatorship)
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