Synonyms of subjugating

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noun

as in conquest

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 & Similar Words

• conquest
• dominating
• domination
• subjugation
• subjection
• subduing
• takeover
• subjecting
• vanquishing
• overpowering
• victory
• winning
• whipping
• win
• defeat
• trimming
• enslavement
• licking
• triumph
• beating
• trouncing
• drubbing
• shellacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberation
• freeing
• emancipation
• release
• enfranchisement
• manumission

subjugating

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verb

present participle of subjugate

as in conquering

to bring under one's control by force of arms

explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conquering
• subduing
• subjecting
• dominating
• defeating
• overcoming
• enslaving
• subordinating
• vanquishing
• pacifying
• reducing
• overpowering
• crushing
• beating
• annihilating
• smashing
• whipping
• licking
• suppressing
• quelling
• clobbering
• routing
• prevailing (over)
• thrashing
• repressing
• trouncing
• mowing (down)
• triumphing (over)
• silencing
• walloping
• drubbing
• smothering
• squashing
• quashing
• squelching
• cracking down (on)
• clamping down (on)
• putting down
• breaking
• skunking
• snuffing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• liberating
• emancipating
• discharging
• enfranchising
• releasing
• springing
• manumitting
• unfettering
• unchaining
• unbinding
• uncaging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subjugating

Noun

The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026

Verb

For Putin, these were not goodwill gestures but measures of self-preservation designed to advance his broader aim of subjugating Ukraine. — Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

The ruling was widely seen by progressives as subjugating the role of the individual in the election process to that of the corporation. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026

Every administration has its own policy agenda and preferences, but this goes beyond that, subjugating science to partisanship and holding research and infrastructure money hostage throughout much of the country. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Likewise, meekness once meant not becoming weak, but subjugating power to reason – not letting anger take control. — Timothy J. Pawl, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026

However, once Hernán Cortés triumphed, the conquistadors went from waging war — vanquishing the Aztecs — to the project of subjugating Indigenous holdouts and building a self-sustaining territory loyal to the crown. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026