Subdue means to exert your will or power over someone or something. To be controlling of something. When you defeat or vanquish an enemy you have subdued them.
To tame, subdue, conquer.
To make gentle and tractable, to subdue.
Troops were called in to subdue the rebels. The government tried hard to subdue inflation Julia had to subdue an urge to stroke his hair.
That was a really big subdue light.
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Subdue is a verb which means 'supress, conquer, defeat or overcome'; in can also mean 'restrain, suppress or hold back'; OR 'pacify, calm or soothe'. Subdue is a verb that means to subject, suppress, conquer, repress, or overpower. Example sentence: The campaign manager set tried to subdue the images that the opponents were proliferating about their candidate.
What does it mean to "subdue the earth"? Pave it over or take care of it?
"You can subdue someone who tries to break into your house by hitting them with a bat." "After the two burglars fell from the roof, the police arrived to subdue them." "The British expended much effort to subdue the hostile natives in central Africa." "At the football game, the nerd section would shout 'Subdue them, subdue them, Make them relinquish the ball!'"
Therefore, they tried to find a way to temporarily subdue defilement's.
In order to subdue Jimmy, they gave him a shot of Ativan.
Yes, "sub-" is a prefix in the word "subdue."
Subdue is a verb which means 'supress, conquer, defeat or overcome'; in can also mean 'restrain, suppress or hold back'; OR 'pacify, calm or soothe'. Subdue is a verb that means to subject, suppress, conquer, repress, or overpower. Example sentence: The campaign manager set tried to subdue the images that the opponents were proliferating about their candidate.