subjugated Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb put down by force or intimidation
   subdue; reduce; repress; quash; subjugate; keep down.
   
   • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
   • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
   • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
2. verb make subservient; force to submit or subdue
   subjugate; subject.
   
3. adjective satellite reduced to submission
   
   • subjugated peoples

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