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DOMINATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Controlled or ruled by superior authority or power
Classified under:
Similar:
controlled (restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Harassed by persistent nagging
Synonyms:
dominated; henpecked
Classified under:
Similar:
submissive (inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb dominate
Context examples:
He was dominated by this mere flesh-love of life.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Being a man of enormous physique, however, and possessed of a very powerful voice, he dominated the tumult and succeeded in finishing his speech.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The strong, masterful personality of Holmes dominated the tragic scene, and all were equally puppets in his hands.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They were brutes, but he was the arch-brute, a thing of terror that towered over them and dominated them.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The bubble has burst—see what happens regarding someone who has dominated you in your life or a particular company or nation.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Its north pole is dominated by a central cyclone surrounded by eight circumpolar cyclones with diameters ranging from 2,500 to 2,900 miles (4,000 to 4,600 kilometers) across.
(Jupiter’s Jet-Streams Are Unearthly, NASA)
The emission dominated Mars' ultraviolet spectrum for several hours after the encounter and then dissipated over the next two days.
(Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere, NASA)
The middle planet, TOI 700 c, is 2.6 times larger than Earth - between the sizes of Earth and Neptune - orbits every 16 days and is likely a gas-dominated world.
(NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World, NASA)
A morphologic finding indicating the presence of an architectural pattern dominated by the presence of small papillary structures.
(Micropapillary Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)
When reefs are dominated by fleshy algae, most of the energy in the ecosystem goes to the microbes.
(Too much algae and too many microbes threaten coral reefs, NSF)
