This is a difficult responsibility to embrace. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests. Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating.
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Subjugating
Synonyms for "subjugating" (24 found)
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Related words (12)
Noun(11 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
11 entriesadjectivecoercioncontroldescriptordominationdomination outcomemodifierpower relationregulationstate of dominationsubordination
More specific
16 entriescolonial subjugationdefeatdominant ideologyeconomic subjugationenslavemilitarized occupationmilitary subjugationoppressive policyoverwhelmregulaterestrictrestrictive regulationservitudestandardizesubjectiontyrannical rule
Collocations
16 entriescolonial subjugationeconomic subjugationmilitarized occupationmilitary subjugationsubjugating campaignssubjugating forcesubjugating forcessubjugating influencesubjugating populationssubjugating powerssubjugating regimesubjugating regimessubjugation of populationssubjugation policysubjugative influencesystematic subjugation
Inflections
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6 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Today the civilized world is opening its borders for the sake of international cooperation, and only Russia is "subjugating" new lands and peoples. The largest country in the world is rushing headlong into the Middle Ages.
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There are two ways of conquering and subjugating a nation. One uses violence, the other debt.
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