jackbooted

Examples

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• I hear the sounds of jackbooted thugs marching down the street.

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• Is the county sending these jackbooted thugs to this diner to cause him even more trouble?

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• These jackbooted thugs would torment immigrants and minorities throughout Montreal.

  Yoga Hosers (2016)

• Meanwhile, chronic pain patients are the real victims in the drug hysteria as they go un- or undertreated because many doctors simply will not prescribe for fear of their office door being kicked in by jackbooted thugs.

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• The only difference was that the old picture was dated 1940, and the bustling street of trolleycars, vehicles, and bicycles was instead populated by jackbooted Nazi stormtroopers.

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• The citizens protested against the jackbooted officials who imposed strict curfews during the crackdown.

• Many feared that the jackbooted tactics used by the regime were a threat to their freedom and rights.

• Reports revealed the jackbooted soldiers were sent to silence dissent and intimidate the population.

Synonyms

W

with an iron fist

vsjackbooted

7 7.7

In a very strict and harsh way to control people

is harsher and more violently oppressive using brutal authority methods

Antonyms

L

liberal

983 4.4

Having political views that support social change and people's freedoms

L

lenient

32 4.4

Not strict about rules and punishment

P

permissive

• Jargon

14 4.9

Not strict and giving a lot of freedom about what people do

How Oppressive

totalitarian

• Formal

47 8.9

tyrannical

25 7.9

jackbooted

• Literature

2 9.6

oppressive

43 6.3

repressive

30 7.0

strict

359 3.2

Surface Forms

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