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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 | ||
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