subjugated Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb put down by force or intimidation
    subdue; reduce; repress; quash; subjugate; keep down.
    • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
    • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
    • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
  2. verb make subservient; force to submit or subdue
    subjugate; subject.
  3. adjective satellite reduced to submission
    • subjugated peoples

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