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Verb: subjugate  'súb-ju`geyt
  1. Put down by force or intimidation
    "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
    - repress, quash, keep down, subdue, reduce
     
  2. Make subservient; force to submit or subdue
    - subject

Derived forms: subjugates, subjugating, subjugated

See also: subjugation, subjugator

Type of: crush, dominate, master, oppress, suppress

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subjection
subjective
subjectively
subjectiveness
subjectivism
subjectivist
subjectivity
subjoin
subjoining
subjugable
subjugate
subjugated
subjugation
subjugator
subjunction
subjunctive
subjunctive mood
subkingdom
subkingdom Metazoa
subkingdom Parazoa
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