'Subjugate' definitions:
Definition of 'subjugate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
verb
Make subservient; force to submit or subdue [syn: subjugate, subject]
Definition of 'Subjugate'
From: GCIDE
- Subjugate \Sub"ju*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subjugated; p. pr. & vb. n. Subjugating.] [L. subjugatus, p. p. of subjugare to subjugate; sub under + jugum a yoke. See Yoke.] To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish. [1913 Webster]
- He subjugated a king, and called him his "vassal." --Baker. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To conquer; subdue; overcome. See Conquer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subjugate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adopt,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- assume,
- bear down,
- beat down,
- bend,
- break,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- castrate,
- clamp down on,
- compel,
- conquer,
- cow,
- crush,
- daunt,
- defeat,
- deprive of freedom,
- despotize,
- disenfranchise,
- disfranchise,
- dominate,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- enslave,
- enthrall,
- fell,
- flatten,
- force,
- grind,
- grind down,
- henpeck,
- hog,
- hold captive,
- hold down,
- hold in bondage,
- hold in captivity,
- hold in leash,
- hold in subjection,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- indent,
- intimidate,
- jump a claim,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- lead captive,
- lord it over,
- make dependent,
- make free with,
- make use of,
- master,
- monopolize,
- occupy,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overcome,
- overmaster,
- overpower,
- override,
- overrun,
- peonize,
- preempt,
- preoccupy,
- prepossess,
- press heavy on,
- prostrate,
- put down,
- quell,
- reduce,
- repress,
- requisition,
- ride down,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- sit on,
- smash,
- squat on,
- subdue,
- subject,
- subordinate,
- suppress,
- take all of,
- take captive,
- take it all,
- take over,
- take possession of,
- take up,
- terrorize,
- trample down,
- trample underfoot,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread underfoot,
- tread upon,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- usurp,
- vanquish,
- vassalize,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weigh heavy on