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English verb: subdue | |||
| 1. | subdue (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, subjugate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crush, oppress, suppress | ||
| 2. | subdue (change) to put down by force or authority | ||
| Samples | Suppress a nascent uprising. Stamp down on littering. Conquer one's desires. | ||
| Synonyms | conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, suppress | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blink, blink away, burke, choke back, choke down, choke off, dampen, hush, hush up, muffle, quell, quench, quieten, repress, shut up, silence, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, stifle, still, strangle, wink | ||
| 3. | subdue (emotion) hold within limits and control | ||
| Samples | Subdue one's appetites. Mortify the flesh. | ||
| Synonyms | crucify, mortify | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mortify | ||
| Entail | abstain, desist, refrain | ||
| 4. | subdue (competition) get on top of; deal with successfully | ||
| Samples | He overcame his shyness. | ||
| Synonyms | get over, master, overcome, surmount | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bulldog | ||
| 5. | subdue (change) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | ||
| Samples | Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler. | ||
| Synonyms | subordinate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lour, lower | ||
| 6. | subdue (change) correct by punishment or discipline | ||
| Synonyms | chasten, tame | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
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