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Subdue

Subdue | Subdued | Subdues

Subdue meaning

To overcome, quieten, or bring under control. | To bring (a country) under control by force.

Example sentences (20)

As he kept fighting, the authorities decided to subdue him so he could get cuffed.

BlackRock Investment Institute raised U.S. short-term government bonds to "overweight" on Tuesday, saying investors were realizing the U.S. Federal Reserve may have to become more aggressive in its campaign to subdue inflation.

Daniel Penny has revealed new details about what motivated him to subdue Jordan Neely in the New York City subway, an altercation that led to Neely’s death.

During the recent protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans, police forces across the country have used weapons categorized as “less lethal” to disperse crowds and subdue individuals.

In a chaotic scene, the officers rush through the door and wrestle DePape to the ground in an attempt to subdue him.

In an attempt to subdue his pet pit bull the owner tied a leash around its mouth unintentionally causing it to die of asphyxiation.

Lomax then ran off down another corridor, chased by the nurse, before more hospital staff rushed to help and were able to subdue him.

Persons at the shop attempted to resolve the situation, but Fitzpatrick began to behave disorderly and assaulted two of the men trying to subdue him.

Responding officers tried to subdue Celik with force, and his parents said they witnessed police repeatedly beat their son with their feet and knees before the unarmed man stopped breathing and was in cardiorespiratory arrest.

Sophie Haug scored a hat-trick for Norway including two goals in the opening 17 minutes to subdue a raucous, pro-Philippines crowd of 34,697 fans, and Norway triumphed to advance to the knockout stage.

Things quickly escalated when the 24-year-old tried to subdue him by using what appears to be a chokehold.

To seize the land, colonizers first had to subdue the women.

You'd think maybe they would have been able to subdue and stop this doofus.

At Boughton Oval on Saturday, September 7, his son played centre as the Boars produced an almost perfect second half to subdue the plucky Roos en route to in front of their euphoric home supporters.

It's a code to all able-bodied personnel to come help pick up or subdue a patient.

Lolesio successfully added the extras to further subdue an expectant home support before Van der Flier’s third try this November halved the deficit, only for Prendergast to squander the conversion.

Many of the thousands of administratively detained Palestinians — men, women and children alike — constitute an obvious form of hostage-taking that is intended to subdue anti-Israel expressions by Palestinians.

Mumbai leaned on their collective batting strength to subdue a spirited Madhya Pradesh by five wickets to clinch the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Police say Dyke attempted to stab the officers, prompting them to deploy Tasers in order to subdue him.

Scanlon dovetailed brilliantly with Megan Ormiston inside and the duo managed to subdue the threat of Emma Merriweather who can create havoc if allowed.