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(satellite adjective) used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom" |
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Synonyms: commanding, overlooking |
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(satellite adjective) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" |
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Synonyms: autocratic, bossy, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory |
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(satellite adjective) most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" |
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Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent |
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