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SUBJUGATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put down by force or intimidation

Example:

The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

Synonyms:

keep down; quash; reduce; repress; subdue; subjugate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "subjugate" is one way to...):

crush; oppress; suppress (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make subservient; force to submit or subdue

Synonyms:

subject; subjugate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "subjugate" is one way to...):

dominate; master (have dominance or the power to defeat over)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "subjugate"):

dragoon (subjugate by imposing troops)

enslave (make a slave of; bring into servitude)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

subjugation (forced submission to control by others)

subjugator (a conqueror who defeats and enslaves)

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