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• v  put down by force or intimidation
• v  to put down by force or authority
• v  hold within limits and control
  subdue one's appetites
• v  get on top of; deal with successfully
• v  make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
• v  correct by punishment or discipline

• He added that John Paul Jones, the naval hero of the Revolutionary War, "with half a dozen frigates" could subdue the slave kingdoms of North Africa.
• But if Togliatti could subdue the party regulars inside the hall, a more resounding verdict was delivered outside.
• Sergeant Stacey Koon fired two shots into King with a TASER gun, and after that failed to subdue him, the officers, including Laurence Powell, beat him mercilessly with their batons.

• repress
• quash
• keep down
• subjugate
• reduce
• suppress
• stamp down
• inhibit
• conquer
• curb
• mortify
• crucify
• overcome
• get over
• surmount
• master
• subordinate
• tame
• chasten

News & Articles

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• Police Chief: Man On LSD Tasered, Subdued By 3 Officers At Ayden Walmart
  Police in the east say it took 3 officers and a taser to subdue a man who officials say admitted to physicians he had taken acid
  June 15, 2013 - WITN 7 North Carolina
• Pittsburgh parks worker arrested after fight with police
  A Pittsburgh department of parks and recreation employee fought with and swore at an officer trying to subdue him Monday as he tried to
  June 14, 2013 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Man Shot in the Arm by Sheriff's Deputy in Seneca County
  Police said that a man was acting aggressively and deputies were not able to subdue him. Police said Aaron Russ, 40, attacked the deputy, and a taser had no effect on him.
  June 14, 2013 - YNN Syracuse

Quotes

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• Mark Shields in International Herald Tribune
  Because Bob was a large man, it would have taken some significant force to subdue him, but of course at this stage we do not know how many people were in the room,Shields told reporters. "It could be one or more people involved in this...
• Viktor Yushchenko in Fox40
  This was not death through hunger - this was murder of people through hunger,a black-clad Yushchenko said in a speech. "Hunger was selected as a tool to subdue the Ukrainian people."
• Bennie Thompson in AFP
  We are forever indebted to the heroic passengers and flight attendants who sought to subdue the suspect,said Bennie Thompson, chairman of the homeland security committee in the House of Representatives.