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subjugate
sub·ju·gate [ súbjə gàyt ] (past and past participle sub·ju·gat·ed, present participle sub·ju·gat·ing, 3rd person present singular sub·ju·gates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
force into submission: to bring somebody, especially a people or nation, under the control of another, e.g. by military conquest
[15th century. < Latin subjugat-, past participle of subjugare< jugum "yoke"]

sub·ju·ga·ble adjective
sub·ju·ga·tor [ súbjə gàytər ] noun
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