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subdue
English
- 🔊 make subordinate, dependent, or subservient“Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler”
- 🔊 hold within limits and control“subdue one's appetites”
- 🔊 correct by punishment or discipline
- 🔊 bring under control by force or authority“suppress a nascent uprising”
- 🔊 get on top of“He overcame his shyness”
- 🔊 put down by force or intimidation“The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”
Spanish
- 🔊 allanar to subdue
- 🔊 domeñar to subdue
- 🔊 avasallar to subdue, subjugate
- 🔊 someter to subdue, quell, conquer