- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|396
- Abbreviations|0
| force(abuse, misery, hardship, cruelty, domination) | |
| government(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge) | |
| grasp(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge) | |
| grip(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge) | |
| harassment(cruelty, domination, coercion) | |
| hardheartedness(noun, torture, cruelty, harshness, malice) | |
| heartless | |
| heel | |
| high-handedness(cruelty, oppression, domination, dictatorship) | |
| hold(noun, control, understanding, power, knowledge) | |
| imperiousness(cruelty, oppression, domination, dictatorship) | |
| inexorability | |
| inexorableness | |
| inflexibility | |
| inquisition | |
| insensitivity(cruelty, harshness, unkindness) | |
| iron rule(expression, idiom, severity) | |
| iron sway(expression, idiom, severity) | |
| jackbooted | |
| jackboots |
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