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": a god of war in Norse mythology":[]
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"1793, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Old Norse T\u0233r ; akin to Old English T\u012bw Tiu \u2014 more at deity":""
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": a suborder of Passeriformes that comprises birds possessing little power of song and having the tendon of the hind toe separate and the intrinsic muscles of the syrinx reduced to usually one pair the ends of which are inserted on the sides instead of the tips of its cartilaginous semirings and that includes the South American antbirds, oven birds, and woodhewers together with the tyrant flycatchers and related birds of both hemispheres":[]
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"New Latin, from Latin, plural of tyrannus tyrant":""
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": a large exclusively American family of birds that are most numerous in South and Central America but well represented in the U.S. and Canada, comprise the tyrant flycatchers, are mostly strictly insectivorous and take their prey on the wing, have a flattened bill often hooked at the tip and usually bristly at the gape, and with the pittas, cotingas, and related birds constitute a superfamily of the suborder Tyranni":[]
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": the type genus of Tyrannidae comprising the kingbird and closely related birds or in former classifications the greater part of the family":[]
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a phenolic amine C 8 H 11 NO found in various foods and beverages (such as cheese and red wine) that has a sympathomimetic action and is derived from tyrosine":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Aged cheese/cured meats and antidepressants: These foods (plus avocados, chocolate, beer and wine) all contain the amino acid tyramine , which helps regulate blood pressure. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Mar. 2018",
"Yep, believe it or not, an estimated 25% of all migraine headaches are caused by tyramine , a substance in protein. \u2014 Alexis Reliford, Good Housekeeping , 27 Sep. 2017",
"So if looking for a food fix for migraines, consider eliminating these high- tyramine cheeses first: English Stilton, blue cheese, sharp cheddar, Danish blue, mozzarella, Swiss Gruyere, feta, Parmesan and Gorgonzola. \u2014 Alexis Reliford, Good Housekeeping , 27 Sep. 2017"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary tyr osine + amine":""
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Everyone was afraid of their overbearing and tyrannical boss.",
"a tyrannical ruler whose terrible reign was marked by unceasing violence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her loss had spawned in him a drive, an almost tyrannical need to know everything, to have what had happened in those final moments described down to the smallest detail. \u2014 Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"At the end of Game of Thrones, Snow kills the tyrannical Queen Daenerys Targaryen, is exiled from Westeros, and is last seen on horseback journeying into the snowy woods north of the Wall with the Wildlings. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"Unlike the cows in George Orwell\u2019s novel, who are mistreated by a neglectful farmer and then duped by a tyrannical pig and his brainwashed henchman, Animal Farm was built on a basis of respect for their animals. \u2014 Noah Lederman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 9 June 2022",
"The sisters\u2019 mother, an immigrant and a tyrannical , destructive force in their lives, died recently, and Eva thinks that Julie may be tilting at the C.C.P. as a way of settling scores of her own. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The mountain of Marxist historiography is, like the Scholasticism of the Middle Ages, a monument to faith turned tyrannical . \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The response to Putin continues to be reactionary, and seems out of touch with reality of his aggression and tyrannical behavior. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"When Mother was eight years old, her mother died of diphtheria, and her tyrannical Grandmother Hall refused to sanction more than occasional visits from her father. \u2014 James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"The state Legislature may be our last line of defense against a tyrannical federal government. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin tyrannicus , from Greek tyrannikos , from tyrannos tyrant":""
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"a tyrannical ruler whose terrible reign was marked by unceasing violence",
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"Her loss had spawned in him a drive, an almost tyrannical need to know everything, to have what had happened in those final moments described down to the smallest detail. \u2014 Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"At the end of Game of Thrones, Snow kills the tyrannical Queen Daenerys Targaryen, is exiled from Westeros, and is last seen on horseback journeying into the snowy woods north of the Wall with the Wildlings. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"Unlike the cows in George Orwell\u2019s novel, who are mistreated by a neglectful farmer and then duped by a tyrannical pig and his brainwashed henchman, Animal Farm was built on a basis of respect for their animals. \u2014 Noah Lederman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 9 June 2022",
"The sisters\u2019 mother, an immigrant and a tyrannical , destructive force in their lives, died recently, and Eva thinks that Julie may be tilting at the C.C.P. as a way of settling scores of her own. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The mountain of Marxist historiography is, like the Scholasticism of the Middle Ages, a monument to faith turned tyrannical . \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The response to Putin continues to be reactionary, and seems out of touch with reality of his aggression and tyrannical behavior. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"When Mother was eight years old, her mother died of diphtheria, and her tyrannical Grandmother Hall refused to sanction more than occasional visits from her father. \u2014 James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"The state Legislature may be our last line of defense against a tyrannical federal government. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"(\u02cc)t\u012b\u00a6r-",
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"1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"in sense 1, from French, from Latin tyrannicidium , from tyrannus + -i- + -cidium -cide (killing); in sense 2, from French, from Latin tyrannicida , from tyrannus + -i- + -cida -cide (killer)":""
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": absolute rule (as by a local dictator in ancient Greece or medieval Italy)":[]
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"a government that tyrannizes its own people",
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"In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition. \u2014 John Mukum Mbaku, Washington Examiner , 18 Mar. 2021",
"In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies. \u2014 Alex Pareene, The New Republic , 28 Aug. 2020",
"In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority. \u2014 Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books , 13 Apr. 2020"
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"In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition. \u2014 John Mukum Mbaku, Washington Examiner , 18 Mar. 2021",
"In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies. \u2014 Alex Pareene, The New Republic , 28 Aug. 2020",
"In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority. \u2014 Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books , 13 Apr. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That story line is supposed to come across as a chilling parable about the excesses of business-minded gene modification, but locusts make for a far less effective adversary than a good old-fashioned tyrannosaur . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 8 June 2022",
"The scene fades with the tyrannosaur pair retiring to a jungle clearing, a real tropical location. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"The same relationship is apparent in the Early Cretaceous, 125 million years ago, when the tyrannosaur Eotyrannus lived alongside the larger Neovenator in prehistoric England. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Sep. 2021",
"The better understanding of tyrannosaur evolution in the new exhibit has also been aided by advanced technology. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Scaled to tyrannosaur size, that honk becomes a bass-baritone mega war trumpet. \u2014 Michael B. Habib, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2022",
"One such tyrannosaur found in the Bissekty Formation includes Timurlengia, a 10-foot-long predator that would have conflicted with the Ulughbegsaurus. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 10 Sep. 2021",
"What about the Appalachiosaurus, an Alabama tyrannosaur that was a distant cousin of the very famous T-rex",
"At about 30 feet long, Ulughbegsaurus was far larger than the tyrannosaur in its same habitat and was more closely related to dinosaurs like Allosaurus. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"New Latin Tyrannosaurus , from Greek tyrannos tyrant + sauros lizard":""
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": any of a family ( Tyrannosauridae ) of large bipedal carnivorous theropod dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous in North America and central and eastern Asia having forelegs reduced in size and including the tyrannosaur":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The animal\u2019s cheekbone also had an oval shape in cross-section, unlike other closely related tyrannosaurids . \u2014 Jared Voris, National Geographic , 10 Feb. 2020",
"However, there is evidence that tyrannosaurids , like the T-Rex, suffered from gout and that iguanodons may have had osteoarthritis. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 13 Feb. 2020",
"But a new tyrannosaurid species is coming for the crown. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Now, after two years of careful research, Voris and his colleagues have identified the first new Canadian tyrannosaurid to be found in 50 years. \u2014 Jared Voris, National Geographic , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Face biting on a juvenile tyrannosaurid and behavioural implications. \u2014 Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network , 16 June 2017"
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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": tyrannosaur sense 1":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tyrannosaurus rex, for instance, had longer and larger arms than abelisaurids, but don't let their puny arms fool you. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Like a blonde tyrannosaurus in a very fancy turtleneck. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 29 May 2020",
"Most scientists now believe that birds are theropods, dinosaurs of a group that included tyrannosaurus and spinosaurus, but that birds were on their own evolutionary branch from a common ancestor. \u2014 Lucas Joel, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2020",
"The dinosaur, named Thanatotheristes degrootorum, is the first new tyrannosaurus species to be discovered in Canada in 50 years. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Giant brontosauruses, velociraptors, and multiple tyrannosaurus can be seen outside on the business' 8 acres and within its giant facility. \u2014 Fernando Alfonso Iii, Houston Chronicle , 20 June 2018",
"March is definitely coming in like a lion, or maybe a tyrannosaurus ",
"From seeing the Beatles play at the Cavern, to watching tyrannosaurus rex skeletons come alive in museums, the opportunities to enhance cultural experiences are limitless. \u2014 Jay Samit, Fortune , 16 Aug. 2017",
"At the time of his death, Schneider was wearing a beanie embroidered with the image of a tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. \u2014 Michael Todd, The Mercury News , 17 Mar. 2017"
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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"studied the tyrannous rule of Stalin, communist dictator of the Soviet Union",
"my older sister is a tyrannous bore who isn't happy unless she's in charge",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Indeed, Daniel Roher\u2019s pulse-pumping documentary about the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has all the ingredients: a mysterious case of near-fatal poisoning, a web of for-hire hoodlums, Vladimir Putin as the tyrannous leader behind it all. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The same study posited that Fela was not the only popular musician who confronted the military and tyrannous leaders of Nigeria between independence in 1960 and Fela\u2019s passing in 1997. \u2014 Garhe Osiebe, Quartz Africa , 21 Feb. 2021",
"The patriarchs of their respective homes, Polonius (Peter Friedman) and Claudius (Ritchie Coster) enthrone themselves on the toilet, oblivious of the tumult their tyrannous treachery has wreaked. Syringes creepily replace swords. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 19 Aug. 2017"
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": a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force":[
"living under the tyranny of the clock",
"\u2014 Dixon Wecter"
],
": an oppressive, harsh, or unjust act : a tyrannical act":[
"workers who had suffered tyrannies"
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": the office, authority, and administration of a tyrant":[]
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"Cars freed Americans, already infamous for their mobility, from the tyranny of train schedules. \u2014 Cynthia Crossen , Wall Street Journal , 7 May 2003",
"Berlin remains a central attraction, and the evanescence of tyranny is a highlight of the visit. \u2014 William F. Buckley, Jr. , National Review , 27 Sept. 1999",
"For in creating a cultural orthodoxy designed to combat racism, urban disorder, and a legacy of oppression, we subject ourselves to delusional dogma, the tyranny of conformity, and language that rings of fascist imagery. \u2014 Gerald Early , Harper's , January 1997",
"The refugees were fleeing tyranny .",
"He was dedicated to ending the tyranny of slavery.",
"a nation ruled by tyranny",
"She felt lost in the bureaucratic tyrannies of the university system.",
"The king sought an absolute tyranny over the colonies.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2020, Soros had spotted small, hopeful shoots of popular rebellion against tyranny . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 24 May 2022",
"In the fight for freedom against tyranny , two battles stand out: the Alamo and the battle for Mariupol. \u2014 Andriy Yermak, National Review , 6 May 2022",
"Americans want to support fights against tyranny , and only America \u2014 with its exceptional heritage, extraordinary power, and anomalous role in history \u2014 can effectively be the world's safeguard of freedom. \u2014 Shay Khatiri, The Week , 26 Mar. 2022",
"In addressing the British House of Commons, for instance, Zelensky drew analogies to wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the country's lonely stand against Nazi tyranny in 1940. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Mar. 2022",
"After Lee\u2019s speech focused on the Constitution and fighting against tyranny , Ruzicka practically gushed about the two-term Republican. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The war on terror had just been declared, and the unfolding American military action was cloaked in purposeful determinism in the name of freedom and against tyranny . \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 13 Aug. 2021",
"This undeniable unity in our efforts felt empowering and special, proving as a reminder that when people come together and stand up to tyranny , the light will shine through seemingly endless darkness. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"For those who, like punk6529, prize financial freedom above all other concerns, Trudeau\u2019s actions amounted to tyranny . \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"noun phrase"
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": a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally":[],
": a usurper of sovereignty":[],
": an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution":[],
": one resembling an oppressive ruler in the harsh use of authority or power":[]
},
"examples":[
"Our boss is a real tyrant .",
"the people universally feared the tyrant , who was notorious for his frequent use of torture",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our family is asking Prince Charles not to remain silent to this reality and to not shake the hand of the tyrant who is holding our father as a political prisoner. \u2014 Carine Kanimba And Ana\u00efse Kanimba, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"As Albania\u2019s ruler, Zog had been a tyrant and a modernizer, a viper and a visionary, intent on obtaining and holding power at any cost. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The international community, led by the US, cannot be intimidated by a Russian tyrant who throws his critics in prison and invades his neighbors. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
"And this is probably the fatal mistake of the tyrant who attacked us. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The authoritarian, Islamist leader of the Republic of Turkey delivered a shot in the arm to embattled Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin this week, by threatening to block the accession of Finland and Sweden to the NATO military alliance. \u2014 Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News , 20 May 2022",
"The tyrant cleric had seen in it only blasphemous portrayals of the prophet Muhammad. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Larry is a tyrant who rules over a vast empire, in this case a thousand-acre farm in Iowa. \u2014 Dinitia Smith, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"No tyrant is benign, and powerful ones can be very dangerous. \u2014 Shay Khatiri, The Week , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English tyraunt , from Anglo-French tyran, tyrant , from Latin tyrannus , from Greek tyrannos":""
},
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"\u02c8t\u012b-r\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"caesar",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"oppressor",
"pharaoh",
"strongman",
"tyrannizer"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011351",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"tyrant flycatcher":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of a large family (Tyrannidae) of American flycatchers that are usually strictly insectivorous and have a flattened bill often hooked at the tip and usually bristly at the gape":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tyrannulet refers to a small member of the tyrant flycatcher family, tyrant touching the aggressive nature of these birds. Beardless",
"Swallows, gulls and terns, crows, blackbirds and orioles, tyrant flycatchers and parids\u2014all practice mobbing. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 6 July 2018",
"This is one of more than 400 species known as tyrant flycatchers that are found throughout the United States. \u2014 Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com , 19 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1783, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071644",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"tyrant wren":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small yellow-crested South American tyrant flycatcher ( Tyrannulus elatus )":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130454",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"tyro":{
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
"definitions":{
": a beginner in learning : novice":[]
},
"examples":[
"Most of the people in the class were tyros like me.",
"he's a good musician, but at 14, he's still a tyro and has a lot to learn",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Outfitted in progressively more luscious frocks by Susan Hilferty, Feldstein makes a journey from nervy tyro to nervier pro. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The contenders in the original screenplay field are dominated by repeat WGA and Academy Award nominees with a few breakthrough tyro scribes in the mix. \u2014 Danielle Turchiano, Variety , 30 Dec. 2021",
"The songs on the young rock tyro 's debut album Teenage Heartbreak (out Friday) channel the irresistible riffs, explosive choruses and mix of lust, heartache, rebellion and angst that defined pop-punk's golden age. \u2014 John Norris, Billboard , 16 Sep. 2021",
"But after some barbed back-and-forth and a chase down Deborah\u2019s long driveway, the veteran hires the tyro . \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2021",
"And when Robinhood cut off a lot of its tyro investors, the stock tumbled. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Into the breach lunged Mr. Little, an unchallenged copywriting tyro such as only an agency chairman could be. \u2014 Bruce Mccall, The New Yorker , 12 Dec. 2020",
"Unfortunately, actor tyro director/screenwriter Brian Presley lacks the filmmaking chops to make the tale come alive in his feature debut. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Socrates is a haunting slice of Brazilian neo-realism that marks its tyro director/co-screenwriter as a talent to watch. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1587, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin, from Latin tiro young soldier, tyro":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u012b-(\u02cc)r\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tyro amateur , dilettante , dabbler , tyro mean a person who follows a pursuit without attaining proficiency or professional status. amateur often applies to one practicing an art without mastery of its essentials a painting obviously done by an amateur ; in sports it may also suggest not so much lack of skill but avoidance of direct remuneration. remained an amateur despite lucrative offers dilettante may apply to the lover of an art rather than its skilled practitioner but usually implies elegant trifling in the arts and an absence of serious commitment. had no patience for dilettantes dabbler suggests desultory habits of work and lack of persistence. a dabbler who started novels but never finished them tyro implies inexperience often combined with audacity with resulting crudeness or blundering. shows talent but is still a mere tyro",
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"virgin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033133",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tyrannized":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to exercise arbitrary oppressive power or severity":[
"some ways the living tyrannize over the dying",
"\u2014 Thomas Powers"
],
": to treat tyrannically : oppress":[
"a regime that tyrannizes its citizens"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8tir-\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a government that tyrannizes its own people",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the process, these majority ethnic coalitions tyrannize and marginalize other groups, particularly those that are not members of the coalition. \u2014 John Mukum Mbaku, Washington Examiner , 18 Mar. 2021",
"In Portsmouth, Virginia, cops have been systematically using their state power to tyrannize political enemies. \u2014 Alex Pareene, The New Republic , 28 Aug. 2020",
"In such societies, counters Madison, a majority will tyrannize the minority. \u2014 Corey Robin, The New York Review of Books , 13 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234119"
},
"tyrannically":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": being or characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny : despotic":[
"tyrannical rule",
"a tyrannical ruler"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u012b-",
"t\u0259-\u02c8ra-ni-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"arbitrary",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"czarist",
"tsarist",
"tzarist",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monocratic",
"tyrannous"
],
"antonyms":[
"limited"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Everyone was afraid of their overbearing and tyrannical boss.",
"a tyrannical ruler whose terrible reign was marked by unceasing violence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her loss had spawned in him a drive, an almost tyrannical need to know everything, to have what had happened in those final moments described down to the smallest detail. \u2014 Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"At the end of Game of Thrones, Snow kills the tyrannical Queen Daenerys Targaryen, is exiled from Westeros, and is last seen on horseback journeying into the snowy woods north of the Wall with the Wildlings. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"Unlike the cows in George Orwell\u2019s novel, who are mistreated by a neglectful farmer and then duped by a tyrannical pig and his brainwashed henchman, Animal Farm was built on a basis of respect for their animals. \u2014 Noah Lederman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 9 June 2022",
"The sisters\u2019 mother, an immigrant and a tyrannical , destructive force in their lives, died recently, and Eva thinks that Julie may be tilting at the C.C.P. as a way of settling scores of her own. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The mountain of Marxist historiography is, like the Scholasticism of the Middle Ages, a monument to faith turned tyrannical . \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"The response to Putin continues to be reactionary, and seems out of touch with reality of his aggression and tyrannical behavior. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"When Mother was eight years old, her mother died of diphtheria, and her tyrannical Grandmother Hall refused to sanction more than occasional visits from her father. \u2014 James Roosevelt, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
"The state Legislature may be our last line of defense against a tyrannical federal government. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin tyrannicus , from Greek tyrannikos , from tyrannos tyrant":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235143"
},
"tyrosine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a phenolic amino acid C 9 H 11 NO 3 that is a precursor of several important substances (such as epinephrine and melanin)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u012b-r\u0259-\u02ccs\u0113n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Turning Point\u2019s top drug candidate, repotrectinib, has the potential to be a best-in-class tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting drivers of non-small cell lung cancer and other advanced solid tumors, according to Bristol. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"For example, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have shown better efficacy in treating those of East Asian descent with non-small cell lung cancer compared to other population cohorts. \u2014 Stephane Budel, Forbes , 26 May 2021",
"There\u2019s no technological reason why a researcher couldn\u2019t have switched the codons for one amino acid, like tyrosine , into the codons for another one, like alanine. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 20 May 2021",
"One reason is fewer people are smoking, and improved treatments like epidermal growth-factor receptor tyrosine -kinase inhibitor are able to target non-small cell lung cancer mutations. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Jan. 2021",
"In blood cancers and some solid tumors, two of the current therapeutic targets that have garnered much interest are the proteins BCL-2 and Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK). \u2014 Scientific American , 1 Dec. 2020",
"His tyrosine is part of a long chain that makes a protein, also called XIAP. \u2014 Mark Johnson And Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Dec. 2010",
"But in Nicholas, the one-letter change produces an entirely different amino acid, tyrosine . \u2014 Mark Johnson And Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Dec. 2010",
"Other cancer therapies, such as a class of drugs known as Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors, may be protective and are being tested in coronavirus patients without cancer. \u2014 Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com , 6 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, irregular from Greek tyros cheese \u2014 more at butter":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175907"
},
"tyrothricin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an antibiotic mixture consisting chiefly of tyrocidine and gramicidin and used topically especially against gram-positive bacteria":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cct\u012b-r\u0259-\u02c8thr\u012bs-\u1d4an",
"\u02cct\u012b-r\u0259-\u02c8thr\u012b-s\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Tyrothoric-, Tyrothrix , genus name formerly applied to various bacteria":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181516"
},
"Tyrrheni":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"t\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u0113\u02ccn\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from plural of tyrrhenus Etruscan":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000127"
}
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