- to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture
to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.
reduce, reduced, reduced
- to make subordinate
a country subject to extreme heat
subject, subjected, subjected
- to make subservient
- keep down by unjust force
The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
uncountable · oppress, oppressed, oppressed
- A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and l...
a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition
slave, slaved, slaved
- (transitive)
yoke, yoked, yoked
- (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense
The former problem student surpassed his instructor's expectations and scored top marks on his examination.
surpass, surpassed, surpassed
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to)
expose, exposed, exposed
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further
to repress rebellion or sedition
repress, repressed, repressed
- to forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.)
subjugate, subjugated, subjugated
- overpower
The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall.
compel, compeled, compeled
- defeat and make submit to orders
bring someone to their knees, bring someone to their kneesed, bring someone to their kneesed
- to enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.
They will not submit to the destruction of their rights.
submit, submited, submited