suppress
stamp down
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conquer
bigfoot
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bondage
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underneath
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rebellious
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helm
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reigning
wear the trousers
steer
disciplined
ordained
call the shots
in command
take control
authoritative
important
call the tune
muscle
satellite
behind the wheel
at the wheel
powerfulness
have a handle on
decisional
control
presiding
power
jurisdiction
overrule
take command
vest
invest
lap
ascendent
in executivis
in check
enthrone
dominance
lead
in charge
constructive possession
rule of engagement
mandatory
authorized
imperialism
authorised
thraldom
appropriate
thrall
thralldom
slavery
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powerfulness
control
power
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rule of engagement
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look
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attend
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arrogate
assume
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pirate
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noun
- Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
- The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.
- Synonym of cover
- A fetish characterized by control/power over and discipline of one's sexual partner.
- A dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
verb
- take by force
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- move with force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- do forcibly; exert force
noun
- a powerful effect or influence
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- a unit that is part of some military service
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
adj
- having or wielding force or authority
- not faint or feeble
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- freshly made or left
- strong and sure
adj
prep_phrase
verb
- take charge of or deal with
- perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- deem to be
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- see or watch
- come together
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- go to see for professional or business reasons
- go to see for a social visit
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- receive as a specified guest
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- see and understand, have a good eye
- deliberate or decide
- observe as if with an eye
- observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
- undergo or live through a difficult experience
- conduct someone someplace
- match or meet
- make sense of; assign a meaning to
noun
verb
- take charge of or deal with
- perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; look
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
- to physically appear a certain way to another individual or group
- search or seek
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- convey by one's expression
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- accord in appearance with
- have faith or confidence in
noun
noun
- the power or authority to command
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- availability for use
- a position of highest authority
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
verb
adv
verb
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- take or capture by force
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- take hold of; grab
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- hook by a pull on the line
- affect
- capture the attention or imagination of
verb
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- occupy or take on
- make a pretence of
- take up someone's soul into heaven
- put clothing on one's body
verb
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
- do over
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up, as of debts or payments
verb
- command with authority
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- govern or manage
- take somebody somewhere
- cause to go somewhere
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- put an address on (an envelope)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
adj
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
adv
adj
verb
- To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
- To enjoy a commanding position in some field
- To exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
- To overlook from a height.
- To precede another node of a directed graph in all paths from the start of the graph to the other node.
noun
adj
noun
- A position of control or leadership.
- Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
- The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
- One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
- A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
- Synonym of helmet (“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”)
- A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
- A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
- The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
- The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
verb
verb
- To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
- To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
- To direct a group of animals.
- To direct a conversation.
- To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
- To castrate (a male calf).
- To direct or send an object into a specific place
- To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
noun
prep_phrase
noun
- Influence or authority over something.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).
- A control group or control experiment.
- A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
verb
noun
- possession of controlling influence
- (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- physical strength
- a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
verb
noun
prep_phrase
noun
- Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
- The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
- The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.
- The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.
verb
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To direct; to counsel; to instruct
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To step off base and move towards the next base.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- Lead climb.
- To produce (with to).
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- To place leads between the lines of.
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To have the highest interim score in a game.
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin.
- To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with
adj
noun
- The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- bullets; ammunition.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
- The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- A lode.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
- The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- The course of a rope from end to end.
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
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