1 This can happen when the arteries to the heart become thicker and harder from a buildup of plaque. 2  High blood pressure causes scarred arteries that fill up with plaque and become more prone to blood clots.
To commandeer is to take possession or control of something, or to take control of something for a military or law-enforcement purpose, or to make someone help you.
ruler. n. 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who rules or commands. 2. (Tools) Also called: rule a strip of wood, metal, or other material, having straight edges graduated usually in millimetres or inches, used for measuring and drawing straight lines.thnarch-the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority; the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus. hakim-a Muslim ruler or governor or judge.