Both Uses of
dominate
in
In Cold Blood
- The white-and-pink bed, piled with blue pillows, was dominated by a big pink-and-white Teddy bear-a shooting-gallery prize that Bobby had won at the county fair.†
Chpt 1 *dominated = controlled; or was most influential or powerful
- A photograph of her father dominated the first page-a studio portrait taken in 1922, the year of his marriage to the young Indian rodeo rider Miss Florence Buckskin.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(dominate) to control; or to be most influential, powerful, abundant, important, or conspicuous
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, domination can refer to a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.