Subduing

Synonyms for "subduing" (131 found)

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Closest matches (27)

abating allaying alleviating alleviative analgesic anesthetic anodyne ascendancy assuaging assuasive balmy balsamic beating benumbing bluntingcadmean victorycathartic championship chastening cleansing

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collapse conquering conquest

Noun(4 words)

attenuate calm calming composure

Strong matches (39)

Noun(5 words)

conquest containment dampen defeat limit

crash cushioning dampening damping deadening deathblow debacle defeat demulcent destruction diminishing downfall drubbing dulling easingeasy victoryemollient failure fallgrand slam

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hiding kayo knockout ko lambasting landslidelandslide victorylathering lenitive lessening licking loosening mastery

Adjective(1 words)

dampening technique

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Noun(22 words)

mitigate mitigating moderate moderating moderation overpower pacifying quell quelling reduce repressing restrain restraining restrictive self-control soothing subjugate subjugation suppression tame

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temperancetone down

mitigating mitigative mollifyingmoral victorynumbing overcoming overthrow overturn pain-killing palliative picnic purgative pushoverpyrrhic victoryquietus reducing relaxing relieving remedial ruin

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runaway victorysmash softening soothing subdual subjugation success tempering thrashingtotal victorytrimming triumph trouncing undoing vanquishment victory walkaway walkover waterloo whipping win winningwinning streak

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More general

12 entries

action controldescriptive termemotion regulationemotional regulationevent modifiernoise reductionprocessprocess termpsychological processself-control

More specific

19 entries

artifact attenuationcalmness composure cooling counterinsurgencycrowd suppressionemotional dampingimpulse controlinsurrection containmentmitigating moderatingnoise suppressionopposition neutralizationrebellion suppressionriot suppressionself-discipline

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Collocations

15 entries

act of subduingprocess of subduingsubduing agitationsubduing effectsubduing emotionssubduing forcesubduing impulsessubduing influencesubduing noisesubduing oppositionsubduing policysubduing powersubduing rebellionsubduing resistancesubduing tactic

Inflections

3 entries

subdued subdues subduings

Derivations

4 entries

subduable subdual subdue subduer

Sample sentences

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Chess shackles its master, subduing his mind and brain in such a way that the inner freedom of even the strongest will suffer.

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The military regime launched implacable repression on all democratic forces, political, social and union, with the aim of subduing the population through state terror.

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Boris wasted no time in subduing the intruder.

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