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subdueverb to achieve a victory oversubdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers beat, best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down(British), get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst sweepedge (out), nose out, pip(British)annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke(slang), snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax(slang), whipcap, excel, flourish, score, succeedknock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquishace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend get the better of, knock for a loop lose (to) fall, give up, go down, go undercollapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out to bring under one's control by force of armssubdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows conquer, dominate, overpower, pacify, subject, subjugate, subordinate, vanquish annihilate, beat, clobber, crush, defeat, drub, lick, mow (down), overcome, prevail (over), reduce, rout, skunk, smash, thrash, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whipenslavebreak, clamp down (on), crack down (on), put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, smother, snuff (out), squash, squelch, suppress discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter to put a stop to (something) by the use of forcelabored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, slap down, snuff (out), squash, squelch, suppress douse(also dowse), extinguish, put out, quenchsmother, stifle, strangle, throttleannihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, nuke, rub out, ruin, smash, waste, wreckexterminate, obliterate, wipe outconquer, dominate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, subjugate, vanquish sit on abet, aid, assist, back, help, prop up, supportfoment, incite, instigate, provoke, stir, whip (up)advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote conquer, vanquish, defeat, subdue, reduce, overcome, overthrow mean to get the better of by force or strategy.conquer implies gaining mastery of.Caesar conquered Gaul vanquish implies a complete overpowering.vanquished the enemy and ended the war defeat does not imply the finality or completeness of vanquish which it otherwise equals.the Confederates defeated the Union forces at Manassas subdue implies a defeating and suppression.subdued the native tribes after years of fighting reduce implies a forcing to capitulate or surrender.the city was reduced after a month-long siege overcome suggests getting the better of with difficulty or after hard struggle.overcame a host of bureaucratic roadblocks overthrow stresses the bringing down or destruction of existing power.violently overthrew the old regime in the 14th century |