They subjugate the meek.
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Subjugate
//ˈsʌbd͡ʒʊɡət//
Synonyms for "subjugate" (126 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
monopolizemortifyoccupyoppressoveraweoverbearovercomeovermasteroverpoweroverrideoverrunpeonizepersecutepreemptpreoccupyprepossesspress heavy onprostrateput downquell
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reducerequisitionride downride override roughshod overroutsit onsmashsquat onsubduesubjectsubordinatesuppresstake all oftake captivetake it alltake overtake possession oftake uptameterrorizetrample downtrample underfoottrample upontread downtread underfoottread upontyrannizetyrannize overunderyokeunmanusurpvanquishvassalizewalk all overwalk overweigh heavy on
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2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
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13 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِسْتَعْبَدَ verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- قَهَرَ verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Belarusian
4 entries- заняво́льваць verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- заняво́ліць verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- падпара́дкаваць verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- падпарадко́ўваць verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Bulgarian
4 entries- подчиня́ verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- подчиня́вам verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- покоря́ verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- покоря́вам verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Catalan
1 entries- subjugar verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 制伏 verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- 制服 verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- 征服 verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Czech
3 entries- podmanit si verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- podrobit si verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- podřídit si verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Dutch
1 entries- onderwerpen verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Finnish
2 entries- alistettu adj (forced into submission)
- alistaa verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
French
2 entries- subjuguant adj (forced into submission)
- assujettir verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
German
2 entries- unterjochen verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- unterwerfen verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Hebrew
1 entries- הכפיף verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Hungarian
1 entries- leigáz verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Italian
1 entries- soggiogare verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thàngmàng verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Latin
3 entries- subiugātus adj (forced into submission)
- redūcō verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- subiugō verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Macedonian
4 entries- подјарми verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- подјармува verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- покори verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- покорува verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Middle English
1 entries- daunten verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Māori
4 entries- pāpā verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- pēhi verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- tāmi verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- whakataurekareka verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- underkaste verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- underkue verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- underlegge verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Persian
1 entries- منقاد کردن verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Polish
4 entries- podporządkować verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- podporządkowywać verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- zniewalać verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- zniewolić verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Portuguese
1 entries- subjugar verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Romanian
1 entries- subjuga verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Russian
4 entries- подчини́ть verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- подчиня́ть verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- покори́ть verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- покоря́ть verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- podjármiti verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- podvlástiti verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- podvrgnuti verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- podčìniti verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Sicilian
1 entries- suttamèttiri verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Spanish
1 entries- sojuzgar verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Swedish
1 entries- underkuva verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎄𐎍𐎍 verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Ukrainian
4 entries- понево́лювати verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- підкори́ти verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- підкоря́ти verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
- підпорядко́вувати verb (to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.))
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
The hero demonstrated that a man could subjugate nature to his uses.
Source: tatoeba (607627)
Morocco wants to subjugate Western Sahara.
Source: tatoeba (10156606)
Opioids have a long and ugly history of being used to subjugate and control populations, as in China by Britain.
Source: tatoeba (11921029)
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