English verb: subjugate | |||
1. | subjugate (social) put down by force or intimidation | ||
Samples | The government quashes any attempt of an uprising. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land. | ||
Synonyms | keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | crush, oppress, suppress | ||
2. | subjugate (social) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | ||
Synonyms | subject | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dominate, master | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dragoon, enslave | ||