subjugate

Verbs

  • (v) put down by force or intimidation
    • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
    • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
    • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
    quash, repress, subdue, keep down, reduce,
  • (v) make subservient; force to submit or subdue subject,

Synonyms

quash repress subdue keep down reduce subject

Words of close approximity

subjugated