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"he usurped my rights"verbseize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possessiontype of:
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"gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"verbtake the place oftype of:
Definition that contains usurp
- aegisthus (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
- tanzim a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
- cunaxa battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
- battle of cunaxa battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
- fatah tanzim a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership