they subdued the suspect.
The henchmen were subdued with the help of the police present at the crime scene.
Think of the mob. The mob has been subdued by the police. he was very subdued after being proved wrong
She subdued her appetite and did not eat for a whole day.
The Kind subdued the peasants from cultivation, leading to starvation.
I hit on your mom with intentions to subdue her and within 5 minutes i was playing chess on her bed.
In 1521, Hernando Cortez fought and subdued the Aztecs.
It means defeated. "King Ramesses subdued the Sea People." means he defeated them. In the passive, it also means "dimmed". It can be used literally, as in "The lights in the room were subdued" meaning that they were dim, or figuratively, as in "Her spirits were subdued by the sad news".
The security guard tried to subdue the trespasser by himself.
The subdued light which crept under the porch and came in through the fan shaped window over the door fell on his face.
The root word of "subdued" is "subdue," which means to bring something under control or to conquer.
There is a high probability that this sentence will not qualify as a good sentence.
Not being subdued