| VERB | social | subjugate, repress, quash, keep down, subdue, reduce | put down by force or intimidation |
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| social | subjugate, subject | make subservient |
| Sounds | sah'bjhahgey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Put down by force or intimidation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" | |
| Synonyms | repress, quash, keep down, subdue, 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 | |
| Meaning | make subservient; force to submit / submit or subdue. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | subject | |
| Narrower | dragoon | subjugate by imposing troops |
| enslave | make a slave of | |
| Broader | dominate, master | Have dominance or the power to defeat over |
| Spanish | someter, subyugar | |
| Catalan | sotmetre, subjugar | |
| Nouns | subjugation | forced submission to control by others |
| subjugator | a conqueror who defeats and enslaves | |
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