subjugate has definitions from the field of politics
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[ verb ] (politics) put down by force or intimidation

Examples

"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising" "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently" "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

Used in print

(The Detroit News,...)

Right_now , they are pushing a resolution which would have UN use its forces to invade and subjugate Katanga .

Related terms

oppress clamp_down overcomer

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[ verb ] make subservient; force to submit

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