Get to know Subjugate better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like repress or dominate.
Subjugate meaning
Forced into submission; subjugated.
Synonyms of Subjugate
Using Subjugate
- The main meaning on this page is: Forced into submission; subjugated.
- Useful related words include: repress, dominate, subject, crush.
- In the example corpus, subjugate often appears in combinations such as: to subjugate, subjugate the, and subjugate.
Context around Subjugate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Subjugate
- In this selection, "subjugate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, whither, judges and countries stand out and add context to how "subjugate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and to subjugate totally the and anything to subjugate the tribal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "subjugate" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with subjugate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They did so to maintain slavery, to subjugate Black people. (10 words)
They are trying to subjugate countries like Belarus and Zimbabwe and benefit from doing so. (15 words)
And if the goal of a government is not to serve but to subjugate, whither then? (16 words)
In the past I’ve suffered serious consequences for assuming that someone must have healthy and relatable reasons for their harmful actions toward me and projecting my own good motives onto them, when really all they wanted was to use and subjugate me. (43 words)
Unlike Shodan who expresses her plan and desire to subjugate the human race, Sovereign coldly and matter-of-fact states the inevitable to the player, that the Reapers cannot be understood and that all life will be wiped out as per the cycle. (43 words)
Does it not at some point begin to cease looking like “order” at all, and instead like a tyrannical empire trying to rule the world no matter how much death and destruction is necessary to subjugate it? (37 words)
And if the goal of a government is not to serve but to subjugate, whither then? (16 words)
Does it not at some point begin to cease looking like “order” at all, and instead like a tyrannical empire trying to rule the world no matter how much death and destruction is necessary to subjugate it? (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
And if the goal of a government is not to serve but to subjugate, whither then?
Does it not at some point begin to cease looking like “order” at all, and instead like a tyrannical empire trying to rule the world no matter how much death and destruction is necessary to subjugate it?
In the past I’ve suffered serious consequences for assuming that someone must have healthy and relatable reasons for their harmful actions toward me and projecting my own good motives onto them, when really all they wanted was to use and subjugate me.
Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, wants to subjugate judges to politicians and make it easier for members of the Knesset, or parliament, to overturn court decisions.
They are trying to subjugate countries like Belarus and Zimbabwe and benefit from doing so.
Unlike Shodan who expresses her plan and desire to subjugate the human race, Sovereign coldly and matter-of-fact states the inevitable to the player, that the Reapers cannot be understood and that all life will be wiped out as per the cycle.
A true patriot is not one who did not do what was required, but one who will subjugate his “ego” to the real interest of homeland affairs.
It wants to disrupt, manipulate, and subjugate its enemies, and the Chinese military is developing multiple ways of achieving that.
The high-handed attitude is pointed out to understand the mindset of Meitei political leaders who will do anything to subjugate the tribal people regardless of Constitutional and legal provisions.
They did so to maintain slavery, to subjugate Black people.
Journalists also refrained from any criticism of Israel, its occupation, or its withstanding discriminatory policies to subjugate the Palestinians, or from questioning its absolute acceptance of the deal.
Spare and woven through with found materials, the work suggested an apocalyptic scene and a solemn comment on how human beings encounter — and subjugate — the other.
This fusion of religious and cultural values, delivered from the pulpit, helped to legitimize a social order that continued to subjugate Blacks.
With that knowledge, Black people should no longer feel less than or that we need to seek value from those who can subjugate us.
He has completely destroyed Nigeria in the name of ethnicity and faith and in his deternination to subjugate and enslave others.
It was a partnership up until 2015 but from 2015 the North has actively resolved to dominate every aspect of our lives and to subjugate totally the South.
Prof Evan Stark, an American academic expert on the theory of coercive control, told the court of appeal that “coercive control” was designed to subjugate and dominate, not merely to hurt.
The ulterior motives by elite powers to subjugate Pakistan are quite visible in the past few months.
He had successfully installed Buhari and Enwerem as speaker and Senate president respectively in his calculated bid to control and subjugate the legislature to the supremacy of the Presidency.
He plans first to subjugate all men, then to force himself on their women who have shunned him in the past, making them slaves to his sexual desires.
Common combinations with subjugate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to subjugate 27×
- subjugate the 13×
- and subjugate 7×
- subjugate and 3×