to subjugate
21
9.2
- verb
- /ˈsʌb.dʒʊ.ɡeɪt/
- Formal
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- A sovereign, democratic people fighting for their lives against a foe who wishes to subjugate them by force.
- subjugated people
- subjugated populations
- women are routinely subjugated
But do I think that you should subjugate humans for profit?
- But do I think that you should subjugate humans for profit?
- I'm genuinely fearful of a an ideology that subjugates women, you know, by design.
- They want to subjugate everything to science.
- A sovereign, democratic people fighting for their lives against a foe who wishes to subjugate them by force.
- It only works if it strips you of hope and, and subjugates you to the the idea of of cynicism.
- Gaza has historically resisted in a robust way Israeli attempts to subjugate it.
- And they actually are sexually satisfied by performing something that is purposely subjugating and humiliating.
- But what you're permanently doing is subjugating your needs in place of making this other person feel OK.
- You have essentially an unlimited way that an envious mind can find to subjugate you below someone else.
- This person is a golden God and I you know, I must like subjugate my life to everything they do.
- Making it work then means fully subjugating yourself and finding out that still may not be enough.
- And when we look at the old feminine, it was really like surrender and basically just subjugate and the the old masculine was sex and slay, right.
Examples
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Look at this: nation after nation destroyed, subjugated, entire peoples living under coercion... murder, mayhem, rape, thievery.
Fiction book (1994) -
But Carthage attempted to subjugate Rome as well.
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They want to subjugate you and break you to their will.
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They want to subjugate everything to science.
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I will keep troops in the field until the enemy is fully subjugated, fully pacified.
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The Muslims, for the first time in their history, found themselves subjugated and ruled by the alien West.
Academic text (2000) -
Look, I've been subjugated all my life, and I'm sure it will happen again.
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Iranian leaders have expounded at length about the West's plot to subjugate China.
Academic text (2011) -
All of this is expected in a war that seeks to protect persecuted people and subjugated populations.
Academic text (2003) -
The conqueror sought to subjugate the entire region through military might.
Synonyms
∞
2.4
To have power over people, things, or situations
397
3.7
To take control of a place by force or to beat something hard like a fear
275
3.7
To have strong control over people or things
101
5.7
To force a person to work for someone else and take away their freedom
62
7.7
To bring a person or group under the control of another
37
5.5
To bring a person or thing under control, often by force
33
3.8
To use more strength to defeat and control a person or thing
2
8.4
To treat people in a cruel and unfair way
1
9.1
To defeat and control someone or something completely
Antonyms
- Formal
23
7.0
To set someone free from unfair control or rules so they have equal rights
How Dominant
- NSFW
101
5.7
275
3.7
397
3.7
- Formal
21
9.2
37
5.5
∞
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
subjugate = sub + jug + ate
Although the parts (sub- + jug- + -ate) are historically present, 'jug-' is not a standalone English word and the meaning 'to bring under control' is not directly inferable by an average B1 learner from the visible components.
Etymology
Subjugate comes from the Latin parts sub- meaning 'under' and jugum meaning 'yoke', and a yoke is the wooden bar that joins and controls animals. So, to subjugate someone is to put them 'under a yoke', meaning to force them under control.