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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".

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