subdue
suhb dooh
- 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.