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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