subjugate

verbs

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"
keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate
make subservient; force to submit or subdue
subject, subjugate
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subjugation
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subjugator