subduing

the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control the subduing of the nomadic tribes was accomplished, not by force of arms, but by a drought that eventually destroyed their grazing lands Synonyms dominating, domination, overpowering, conquest, subjecting, subjection, subjugating, subjugation, vanquishingRelated Words triumph, victory, win, winning; beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping; enslavement; takeoverNear Antonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission, release