Subjugate 1100 Words You Need
Subjugate 1100 Words You Need
/ˈsʌb.dʒʊ.geɪt/ (verb)
1. to defeat people or a country and rule them in a way which allows them no freedom, vanquish, conquer, subdue, defeat, overpower, overcome, crush, suppress, quell, overwhelm:
So how am I supposed to defeat and then subjugate nearby enemies? I can’t get the subjugation casus belli unless they’re weaker than me, I can’t make them weaker than me unless I fight a war against them, if I fight a war against them I can’t fight a NEW war for several years, at which point they will have built back up to equivalent… so it’s impossible to subjugate someone who is equivalent in power to you. Am I missing something obvious?
2. to treat yourself, your wishes or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs:
She subjugated herself to her mother’s needs.
Journalists must subjugate personal political convictions to their professional commitment to fairness and balance.
Antonym: liberate
Noun: subjugation, subjugator
Adj: subjugated, subjugable
French: soumettre
Farsi: مطیع کردن
