| VERB | social | subdue, repress, quash, keep down, subjugate, reduce | put down by force or intimidation |
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| change | subdue, suppress, stamp down, conquer | to put down by force or authority | |
| emotion | subdue, mortify, crucify | hold within limits and control | |
| competition | subdue, overcome, get over, surmount, master | get on top of | |
| change | subdue, subordinate | make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | |
| change | subdue, tame, chasten | correct by punishment or discipline |
| Sounds | sahbduw' | |
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| Rhymes | adieu ... voodoo: 22 rhymes with duw... | |
| Meaning | Put down by force or intimidation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | repress, quash, keep down, subjugate, reduce | |
| Broader | oppress, suppress, crush | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority |
| Spanish | avasallar, sojuzgar, subyugar | |
| Catalan | dominar, enjovar, reprimir, sotmetre, subjugar | |
| Nouns | subduer | someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion |
| Meaning | To put down by force or authority. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | suppress, stamp down, conquer | |
| Narrower | burke | Get rid of, silence, or suppress |
| choke off, choke down, choke back | Suppress | |
| hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up | Cause to be quiet or not talk / talk | |
| quench | (electronics) suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device | |
| silence | Keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure | |
| squelch, quell, quench | Suppress or crush completely | |
| Broader | control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate | lessen the intensity of |
| Spanish | conquistar, contener, dominar, inhibir, reprimir | |
| Catalan | conquistar, contenir, dominar, reprimir | |
| Nouns | subduer | someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion |
| Meaning | hold within limits and control. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "subdue one's appetites" | |
| Synonyms | mortify, crucify | |
| Entails | abstain, refrain, desist | choose not to consume |
| Narrower | mortify | Practice self-denial of one's body and appetites |
| Broader | control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate | lessen the intensity of |
| Spanish | contener, dominar | |
| Meaning | Get on top of; deal with successfully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | overcome, get over, surmount, master | |
| Narrower | bulldog | Throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Spanish | derrotar, dominar, superar, vencer | |
| Catalan | dominar, superar, vèncer | |
| Meaning | make subordinate, dependent, or subservient. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | subordinate | |
| Broader | lower, lour | Set lower |
| Spanish | doblegar, subordinar | |
| Meaning | correct by punishment or discipline. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | tame, chasten | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | amansar, doblegar, domar | |
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