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subdue

English

  1. 🔊 make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
    “Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler”
  2. 🔊 hold within limits and control
    “subdue one's appetites”
  3. 🔊 correct by punishment or discipline
  4. 🔊 bring under control by force or authority
    “suppress a nascent uprising”
  5. 🔊 get on top of
    “He overcame his shyness”
  6. 🔊 put down by force or intimidation
    “The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 allanar to subdue
  2. 🔊 domeñar to subdue
  3. 🔊 avasallar to subdue, subjugate
  4. 🔊 someter to subdue, quell, conquer

Similar words

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