to impose one's will

  • 31To hold one's peace — Hold Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed,… …

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  • 32force oneself on — impose one s will or presence on another …

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  • 33force — n 1 *power, energy, strength, might, puissance Analogous words: *stress, strain, pressure, tension: *speed, velocity, momentum, impetus, headway 2 Force, violence, compulsion, coercion, duress, constraint, restraint denote the exercise or the… …

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  • 34masterful — masterful, domineering, imperious, peremptory, imperative are comparable when they apply to persons or their acts, utterances, and demands and mean governed by, or manifesting, a strong tendency to impose one s will on another. One is masterful… …

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  • 35masterful — adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. inclined and usually competent to act as master b. suggestive of a domineering nature 2. having or reflecting the power and skill of a master • masterfully adverb • masterfulness noun Synonyms: masterful …

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  • 36Imua ShanTung KunTao — (Chuan Fa / Kung Fu) is a modern martial arts system solidly based on powerful Chinese combative and philosophical traditions. It is, in its greatest emphasis, a Chinese KunTao Tiger system as practiced in Indonesia. Regardless of it being mainly …

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  • 37How Europe Underdeveloped Africa — is a book written by Walter Rodney in which he portrays the view that Africa was deliberately exploited and underdeveloped by European colonial regimes.Rodney argues that a combination of power politics and economic exploitation of Africa by… …

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  • 38masterful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. masterly, skillful; authoritative. See skill, authority. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. commanding, imperious, domineering, magisterial, forceful, dominating, dictatorial, high handed, self willed,… …

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  • 39the mailed fist — the use of physical force to maintain control or impose one s will …

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  • 40international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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