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Commanding and Severe

commanding

verb

  • Be in command of.
    • usage: "The general commanded a huge army"
  • Make someone do something.
  • Demand as one's due.
    • usage: "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
  • Look down on.
    • usage: "The villa dominates the town"
  • Exercise authoritative control or power over.
    • usage: "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"

adjective

  • Used of a height or viewpoint.
    • usage: "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
severe

adjective

  • Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality.
    • usage: "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"
  • Very strong or vigorous.
    • usage: "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
  • Severely simple.
    • usage: "a stark interior"
  • Unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment.
    • usage: "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility- H. G. Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"
  • Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
    • usage: "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"
  • Very bad in degree or extent.
    • usage: "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
SÉvÈre is a masculine given name
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