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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"
- None of 'em ever was subjugated to such supernatural tortures as I have been.
subjugated = forced to submit
There are no more uses of "subjugate" in The Ransom of Red Chief.
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