Despotic

​connected with or typical of a leader with great power, especially one who uses it in a cruel way

despotic power/rule

• despotic = autocratic = dictatorial = tyrannical = tyrannous

• swear allegiance

• indoctrinate

• perish

• deviance

to cut something into two pieces; to cut something off something

___ something to sever a rope// ___ something to completely end a relationship or all communication with somebody (SYNONYM break off)

The two countries have ___ed all diplomatic links.

• sever

• pervasive

• pervasive

• unruly

• fourth-grade class

to have a difficult problem that makes you worried or unhappy but that you have to deal with: We all __ (have our crosses to bear).

• despotic = autocratic = dictatorial = tyrannical = tyrannous

• swear allegiance

• indoctrinate

• have a (heavy) cross to bear

• like a bear with a sore head

in a bad mood; in an angry way

I should keep out of his way. He’s __ (like a bear with a sore head) this morning.

• despotic = autocratic = dictatorial = tyrannical = tyrannous

• swear allegiance

• indoctrinate

• have a (heavy) cross to bear

• like a bear with a sore head

a person’s continued support for a political party, religion, leader, etc.

to switch/transfer/change __: an oath/a vow/a statement of __

People of various party __s joined the campaign.: __ (to somebody/something) to pledge/swear __: He affirmed his __ to the president.

• despotic = autocratic = dictatorial = tyrannical = tyrannous

• allegiance

• indoctrinate

• perish

• deviance

__ somebody (with something) | __ somebody (to do something) to force somebody to accept a particular belief or set of beliefs and not allow them to consider any others: They had been __d from an early age with their parents' beliefs.: The aim of religious education in this school is not to __ children into any one religious faith.: The regime sought to __ the people with a sense of their own superiority.

• despotic = autocratic = dictatorial = tyrannical = tyrannous

• swear allegiance

• indoctrinate

• perish

• deviance

​[intransitive] (formal or literary) (of people or animals) to die, especially in a sudden violent way: A family of four __ed in the fire.// [intransitive] (formal) to be lost or destroyed: Early buildings were made of wood and have __ed.

​[intransitive, transitive] __ (something) (British English) if a material such as rubber __es or is __ed, it becomes damaged, weaker or full of holes

• despotic = autocratic = dictatorial = tyrannical = tyrannous

• swear allegiance

• indoctrinate

• perish

• deviance

​a difference from what most people consider to be normal or acceptable

a study of social __ and crime

• despotic = autocratic = dictatorial = tyrannical = tyrannous

• swear allegiance

• indoctrinate

• perish

• deviance

__ something to spread through and be easy to notice in every part of something_SYNONYM permeate: a __ing mood of fear: the sadness that __s most of her novels: The entire house was __d by a sour smell.

• sever

• pervade

• pervasive

• unruly

• fourth-grade class

existing in all parts of a place or thing; spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing: a __ smell of damp: Her influence is all-__ (= it affects everyone and everything).: A sense of social change is __ in her novels.: the increasingly __ subculture in modern society

• sever

• pervasive

• pervasive

• unruly

• fourth-grade class