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1. Put down by force or intimidation
   - repress, quash, keep down, subjugate, reduce
    
2. To put down by force or authority
   - suppress, stamp down, inhibit, conquer, curb
    
3. Hold within limits and control
   "subdue one's appetites"
   - mortify, crucify
    
4. Get on top of; deal with successfully
   - overcome, get over, surmount, master
    
5. Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
   - subordinate
    
6. Correct by punishment or discipline
   - tame, chasten

Derived forms: subdued, subduing, subdues

See also: subduer

Type of: alter, beat, beat out, change, check, contain, control, crush, curb, hold, hold in, lour, lower, moderate, modify, oppress, shell, suppress, trounce, vanquish