'Subduing' definitions:
Definition of 'Subduing'
From: GCIDE
- Subdue \Sub*due"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subdued; p. pr. & vb. n. Subduing.] [OE. soduen, OF. sosduire to seduce, L. subtus below (fr. sub under) + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Subduct.]
- 1. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish. [1913 Webster]
- I will subdue all thine enemies. --1 Chron. xvii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing could have subdued nature To such a lowness, but his unkind daughters. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- If aught . . . were worthy to subdue The soul of man. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To conquer; overpower; overcome; surmount; vanquish. See Conquer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subduing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abating,
- allaying,
- alleviating,
- alleviative,
- analgesic,
- anesthetic,
- anodyne,
- ascendancy,
- assuaging,
- assuasive,
- balmy,
- balsamic,
- beating,
- benumbing,
- blunting,
- Cadmean victory,
- cathartic,
- championship,
- chastening,
- cleansing,
- collapse,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- crash,
- cushioning,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deadening,
- deathblow,
- debacle,
- defeat,
- demulcent,
- destruction,
- diminishing,
- downfall,
- drubbing,
- dulling,
- easing,
- easy victory,
- emollient,
- failure,
- fall,
- grand slam,
- hiding,
- knockout,
- KO,
- lambasting,
- landslide,
- landslide victory,
- lathering,
- lenitive,
- lessening,
- licking,
- loosening,
- mastery,
- mitigating,
- mitigative,
- mollifying,
- moral victory,
- numbing,
- overcoming,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- pain-killing,
- palliative,
- picnic,
- purgative,
- pushover,
- Pyrrhic victory,
- quietus,
- reducing,
- relaxing,
- relieving,
- remedial,
- ruin,
- runaway victory,
- smash,
- softening,
- soothing,
- subdual,
- subjugation,
- success,
- tempering,
- thrashing,
- total victory,
- trimming,
- triumph,
- trouncing,
- undoing,
- vanquishment,
- victory,
- walkaway,
- walkover,
- Waterloo,
- whipping,
- win,
- winning,
- winning streak