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Dominates Area Dominated Domination Building Mountain Object Large

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If a building, mountain, or other object d________ an area, it is so large or impressive that you cannot avoid seeing it.If a building, mountain, or other object dominates an area, it is so large or impressive that you cannot avoid seeing it.
It's one of the biggest buildings in this area, and it really dominates this whole place.
...its skyline dominated by the central mosque.
word dominate
full-definition
verb
To dominate a situation means to be the most powerful or important person or thing in it.
The book is expected to dominate the best-seller lists.
...countries where life is dominated by war.
No single factor appears to dominate.
...the domination of the market by a small number of organizations.
If one country or person dominates another, they have power over them.
He denied that his country wants to dominate Europe.
Women are no longer dominated by the men in their relationships.
The countries of Eastern Europe immediately started to dominate.
They had five centuries of domination by the Romans.
If a building, mountain, or other object dominates an area, it is so large or impressive that you cannot avoid seeing it.
It's one of the biggest buildings in this area, and it really dominates this whole place.
...its skyline dominated by the central mosque.
inflections dominatesdominatingdominateddominationdomination
cefr-level B2

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