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Verbs for Exercising Power

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to control
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to rule
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to reign
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to govern
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to tyrannize
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to crown
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to impose
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to dominate
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to enforce
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to colonize
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to overrun
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to take over
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to conquer
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to subjugate
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to enslave
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to usurp
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to quell
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to vote
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to elect
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to ballot
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to poll
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to nominate
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to campaign
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to lobby
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to crusade
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to petition
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to democratize
to control
to control
Verb
c
k
o
ə
n
n
t
t
r
r
o
oʊ
l
l
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to have power over a person, company, country, etc. and to decide how things should be done

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The CEO sought to control the company's strategic direction.
The dictator aimed to control every aspect of the nation's governance.

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transitive
to rule
to rule
Verb
r
r
u
u
l
l
e

to control and be in charge of a country

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transitive
to reign
Verb
r
r
ei
eɪ
g
n
n

to have control and authority over a place, like a country

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intransitive
to govern
Verb
g
g
o
ə
v
v
e
ɜ
r
r
n
n

to officially have the control and authority to rule over a country and manage its affairs

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transitive
to tyrannize
to tyrannize
Verb
t
t
y
ɪ
r
r
a
a
nn
n
i
aɪ
z
z
e

to act with excessive, unfair authority or harshness

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intransitive
to crown
to crown
Verb
c
k
r
r
o
a
w
ʊ
n
n

to place a crown on someone's head in a ceremony so that person officially becomes a king or queen

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transitive
to impose
to impose
Verb
i
ɪ
m
m
p
p
o
oʊ
s
z
e

to force someone to do what they do not want

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to dominate
to dominate
Verb
d
d
o
ɑ
m
m
i
ə
n
n
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to have the power to completely or partially control someone or something

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transitive
to enforce
to enforce
Verb
e
ɛ
n
n
f
f
o
ɔ
r
r
c
s
e

to make individuals to behave in a particular way

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transitive
to colonize
to colonize
Verb
c
k
o
ɑ
l
l
o
ə
n
n
i
aɪ
z
z
e

to settle and build communities in new, often unexplored, areas

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transitive
to overrun
to overrun
Verb
uk flag
/ˈoʊvɝˌɹən/

to invade or overwhelm with a large number, surpassing defenses

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transitive
to take over
to take over
Verb
uk flag
/tˈeɪk ˈoʊvɚ/

to begin to be in charge of something, often previously managed by someone else

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transitive
Phrasal Status
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phrase's verb
take
phrase's particle
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to conquer
to conquer
Verb
c
k
o
ɑ
n
n
q
k
ue
ɜ
r
r

to gain control of a place or people using armed forces

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to subjugate
Verb
s
s
u
ə
b
b
j
ʤ
u
ə
g
g
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to gain control and governance over a person, group, or territory, often through conquest or forceful means

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transitive
to enslave
to enslave
Verb
e
ɛ
n
n
s
s
l
l
a
eɪ
v
v
e

to force someone into a condition of forced labor or work

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transitive
to usurp
to usurp
Verb
u
ju
s
s
u
ɜ
r
r
p
p

to wrongly take someone else's position, power, or right

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transitive
to quell
to quell
Verb
q
k
u
w
e
ɛ
ll
l

to forcefully stop or crush something

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transitive
to vote
to vote
Verb
v
v
o
oʊ
t
t
e

to show which candidate one wants to win in an election or which plan one supports, by marking a piece of paper, raising one's hand, etc.

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intransitive
to elect
to elect
Verb
e
ɪ
l
l
e
ɛ
c
k
t
t

to choose a person for a specific job, particularly a political one, by voting

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transitive
to ballot
to ballot
Verb
b
b
a
æ
ll
l
o
ə
t
t

to formally vote or make a choice, especially in elections, by marking a paper

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intransitive
to poll
to poll
Verb
p
p
o
oʊ
ll
l

to ask people specific questions to gather their opinions or preferences on a particular subject

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transitive
to nominate
to nominate
Verb
n
n
o
ɑ
m
m
i
ə
n
n
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to assign or designate someone to a particular position or responsibility

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transitive
to campaign
to campaign
Verb
c
k
a
æ
m
m
p
p
ai
eɪ
g
n
n

to promote or advertise something, typically in a sustained and organized way

to lobby
to lobby
Verb
l
l
o
ɑ
bb
b
y
i

to make an attempt to persuade politicians to agree or disagree with a law being made or changed

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intransitive
to crusade
to crusade
Verb
c
k
r
r
u
u
s
s
a
eɪ
d
d
e

to passionately campaign or fight, often with a religious or moral purpose

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intransitive
to petition
to petition
Verb
p
p
e
ə
t
t
i
ɪ
t
ʃ
io
ə
n
n

to write and submit an official written document

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intransitive
to democratize
Verb
d
d
e
ɪ
m
m
o
ɑ
c
k
r
r
a
ə
t
t
i
aɪ
z
z
e

to make a system more open and fair, giving everyone a chance and involving more people

Grammatical Information:

transitive

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