dominating

"the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe";

"a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom";

"an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner";