The Only Use of
subjugate
in
The Pearl
- Kino stood in the door, filling it, and hatred raged and flamed in back of his eyes, and fear too, for the hundreds of years of subjugation were cut deep in him.†
Chpt 3subjugation = forced submission to another's dominance
Definition:
to force into submission
in 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"