Both Uses of
subjugate
in
Dune
- M'Lord, there were Sardaukar with our forces in the subjugation of this Fremen nest.†
Book 2 *
- He reads to al-Lat, the sun whom he defied and subjugated.†
Book 2
Definition:
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(subjugate) to force into submissionin various senses, including:
- when a people are defeated in battle and oppressed -- as in "The Romans subjugated most of Europe."
- when something is treated as less important than something else -- as in "subjugate the desires of the individual to the desires of the state," or "subjugate instinct to reason"