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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
subdue/səbˈdjuː/

▶verb (subdues, subduing, subdued) overcome, quieten, or bring under control.

■ bring (a country) under control by force.

– derivatives
subduable adjective,
subduer noun.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. suduire, from L. subducere, lit. ‘draw from below’.

'subdue' also found in these Oxford entries:

crush - indomitable - mortify - overawe - quell - repress - sit - smoke - squash - twitch - wield - win

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