We cannot subdue nature.
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Subdue
//səbˈdu//
Synonyms for "subdue" (267 found)
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Closest matches (54)
Strong matches (80)
Verb(17 words)
cork upcrack down oncradlecrushcurbcushiondampdamp downdampende emphasizede-emphasizedeadendeaden the paindeafendefeatdemoralizediminishdisciplinedomesticatedominate
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downplaydrowndulcifydulleaseease mattersenthralleveneven outextenuateextinguishfacefellflattenflufffomentgaggentlegive reliefgoverngrindhold downhold in checkhumblehumiliatehushjump onkeep downkeep in checkkeep underkeep within boundskillkneadlaxatelaylenifylessenlightenlimberlimber uploosenlullmash
Related words (133)
massagemastermellowmildenmitigatemoderatemodulatemollifymortifymufflemutemuzzleneutralizenumbobtundoppressovermasteroverpoweroverrideoverwhelm
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pacifypadpalliateplay downplumppoulticepour balm intopour oil onpour water onprostratepulpput downquashquellquenchquietreducereduce the temperaturerelaxrelieverestrestrainride downrockrock to sleeproutsalveshake upshameshut downshut down onsilencesit down onsit onslackenslakeslow downsmashsmoothsmooth downsmooth oversmoothensmothersobersober downsoft pedalsoft-pedalsoftensoften upsoothesquashsquelchstabilizestampstanchstare downsteadystiflestillstopstranglestultifystupesubjectsubjugatesubordinatesuffocatesuppletake the edge offtempertenderizethrottletonetone downtrample downtrample underfoottranquilizetread underfoottriumphtriumph overtune downtyrannizeunderbringunderplayunmanvanquishweakenwhip
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Translations
83 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- καταπονέω verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- χειρόομαι verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Arabic
2 entries- تَغَلَّبَ عَلَى verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- طَوَّعَ verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Aromanian
1 entries- ncljin verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tabe etmək verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Bulgarian
3 entries- подчиня verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- подчинявам verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- покорявам verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Catalan
1 entries- asservir verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 制伏 verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- 征服 verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- 征服 verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Czech
4 entries- podmanit si verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- podmanit si verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
- podrobit si verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- podrobit si verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Danish
4 entries- kue verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- kue verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
- underkue verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- underkue verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Dutch
2 entries- onder controle brengen verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- onderwerpen verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Esperanto
3 entries- kvietigi verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- obeigi verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- obeigi verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Finnish
3 entries- kukistaa verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- nujertaa verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- vallata verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
French
3 entries- assujettir verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
- soumettre verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- subjuguer verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
German
3 entries- unter Kontrolle bringen verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- unterwerfen verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- unterwerfen verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Hungarian
1 entries- leigáz verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Ido
3 entries- domtar verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- submisar verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- submisar verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Irish
2 entries- ceansaigh verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- traoch verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Italian
3 entries- soggiogare verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- sottomettere verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- sottomettere verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Japanese
4 entries- 平げる verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- 平げる verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
- 征服する verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- 征服する verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Latin
2 entries- pācō verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- subdō verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Māori
2 entries- pēhipēhi verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
- whakangohengohe verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Occitan
4 entries- sometre verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- sometre verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
- subjugar verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- subjugar verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Portuguese
2 entries- subjugar verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- submeter verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Romanian
4 entries- cuceri verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- subjuga verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- supune verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- închina verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Russian
4 entries- завоева́ть verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
- завоёвывать verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
- подчини́ть verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- подчиня́ть verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उब्जति verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Sicilian
2 entries- divìnciri verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- suttamèttiri verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Spanish
4 entries- debelar verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- doblegar verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- domeñar verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
- sojuzgar verb (to bring (a country) under control by force)
Swedish
1 entries- kuva verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Thai
1 entries- ปราบ verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Turkish
1 entries- hizaya getirmek verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kềm nén verb (to overcome, quieten, bring under control)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.
Source: tatoeba (65033)
I could not subdue the desire to laugh.
Source: tatoeba (258710)
For, in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery: but in fact, eleven men well armed will certainly subdue one single man in his shirt.
Source: tatoeba (909193)
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