Both Uses
subordinate
in
Flags of Our Fathers
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- Aware that the American individualistic ethic did not lend itself to easy subordination, the military designed basic training as "intensive shock treatment," rendering the trainee "helplessly insecure in the bewildering newness and complexity of his environment."†
Chpt 3.
- So over the objections of his subordinates he dismantled the old beach defenses and pulled his guns back.†
Chpt 6. *
Definitions:
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(1)
(subordinate) less important or subservient; or to rank as such
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)