[ UK /sˈʌbd‍ʒuːɡˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈsəbdʒəˌɡeɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. make subservient; force to submit or subdue
  2. put down by force or intimidation
    The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
    China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
    The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
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How To Use subjugate In A Sentence

  • Afghans say the mound where the Americans have made a base was once used by Alexander the Great, who defeated the local tribes of Afghanistan in the 4th century B.C. Since their arrival in April, the members of the 10th Mountain Division, 3rd Brigade, 25th Artillery, have been working to win over the local population rather than subjugate it. Making inroads in Afghanistan
  • The mayor, Dr. Arnold, was completely "subjugated," and, after consulting with him, I authorized him to assemble his City Council to take charge generally of the interests of the people; but warned all who remained that they must be strictly subordinate to the military law, and to the interests of the General Government. Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals
  • I'm very grateful to find others like yourself who have overcome and continue to combat these fear ridden lunatics that try to subjugate our society to their truly malevolent goals.
  • I have a hard time believing that you are talking about the same kind of creatureliness that has been used to justify slavery, to subjugate women, condemn homosexuality, anathemize birth control, and to pick an example from today's headlines to limit stem cell research. Philocrites: Uh oh: Here come the Christian humanists!
  • To subjugate all paths to the proofs of Science is to neglect the irrational and inexplicable mysteries of Creation.
  • The Bible which has been used as a tool to oppress, subjugate and colonize indigenous people has proved to be even more powerful a weapon than the European's firearms.
  • The native population was subjugated and exploited.
  • After having been subjugated to ambition, your maternal instincts are at last starting to assert themselves.
  • `Let us subjugate the Chalcedean states completely, dividing their territory between us. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
  • Within a generation, the spiritual authority was subjugated to the secular authority.
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