Both Uses of
domineering
in
Catch-22
- Each time the fall of a city like Naples, Rome or Florence seemed imminent, Major — de Coverley would pack his musette bag, commandeer an airplane and a pilot, and have himself flown away, accomplishing all this without uttering a word, by the sheer force of his solemn, domineering visage and the peremptory gestures of his wrinkled finger.†
Chpt 13 *
- General Dreedle's great, red domineering face was gnarled with perplexity and oaken with awesome resolution.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(domineering) tending to exercise control over others in an autocratic manner