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subduing
Synonyms and Antonyms of subduing
- the subduing of the wild horse was accomplished by a method reputedly used by Plains Indians
Synonyms and Antonyms of subduing
- subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers
edging (out), nosing out, pipping [British]
annihilating, blowing away, blowing out, bombing, breaking, burying, clobbering, creaming, crushing, drubbing, finishing, flattening, overwhelming, routing, shellacking, skinning, slaughtering, smoking [slang], snowing under, thrashing, trouncing, upsetting, walloping, waxing [slang], whipping
capping, excelling, flourishing, scoring, succeeding
knocking off, knocking over, overpowering, overthrowing, subjugating, unseating, vanquishing
acing (out), bettering, eclipsing, exceeding, excelling, outdistancing, outdoing, outfighting, outshining, outstripping, overtopping, surpassing, topping, transcending
- subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows
annihilating, beating, clobbering, crushing, defeating, drubbing, licking, mowing (down), overcoming, prevailing (over), reducing, routing, skunking, smashing, thrashing, triumphing (over), trouncing, walloping, whipping
breaking, clamping down (on), cracking down (on), putting down, quashing, quelling, repressing, silencing, smothering, snuffing (out), squashing, squelching, suppressing
- labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property
dousing (also dowsing), extinguishing, putting out, quenching
smothering, stifling, strangling, throttling
annihilating, decimating, demolishing, desolating, destroying, devastating, nuking, rubbing out, ruining, smashing, wasting, wrecking
exterminating, obliterating, wiping out
conquering, dominating, overcoming, overpowering, overwhelming, subjugating, vanquishing
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