subjugating

the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control a military occupation that was seen by the people of that country as just another subjugating by an outside power Synonyms dominating, domination, overpowering, subduing, subjecting, subjection, conquest, subjugation, vanquishingRelated Words triumph, victory, win, winning; beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping; enslavement; takeoverNear Antonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission, release