subdue (verb)
71oppress — verb Syn: persecute, tyrannize, crush, repress, subjugate, subdue, keep down …
72overpower — verb Syn: overwhelm, get the better of, overthrow, subdue, suppress, subjugate, repress, bring someone to their knees …
73repress — verb 1) the rebellion was repressed Syn: suppress, quell, quash, subdue, put down, crush, extinguish, stamp out, defeat, contain 2) the peasants were repressed Syn: oppress …
74suppress — verb 1) they will suppress any criticism Syn: subdue, repress, crush, quell, quash, squash, stamp out, put down, crack down on 2) she suppressed her irritation Syn: conceal, restrai …
75Locke’s political theory — Ian Harris The author of Two Treatises of Government also wrote An Essay concerning Human Understanding. This is an elementary fact, but one with an important implication for understanding Locke’s political theory. For Two Treatises is an… …
76conquer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. overcome, overthrow, vanquish, subdue, subjugate. See success. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To gain control over] Syn. surmount, prevail over, capture, overcome; see succeed 1 , win 1 . 2. [To defeat]… …
77defeat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. thwart, frustrate, foil, outwit; rout, conquer, overcome, beat, vanquish, subdue, lick (inf.). n. frustration, setback, loss, rout, vanquishment. See failure, success, confutation. Ant., surrender …
78suppress — sup·press /sə pres/ vt 1: to put down by authority or force 2 a: to keep secret b: to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of 3 a: to exclude (illegally obtained evidence) from use at trial suppress narcotics found in violation of the… …
79overcome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. conquer, subdue, defeat, overthrow, surmount. See success. adj. subdued, conquered, defeated, broken, crushed, downcast. See failure. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Beaten] Syn. conquered, overwhelmed,… …
80vanquish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. conquer, subdue, subjugate, overcome; quell, silence; worst, rout; master. See success. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. conquer, overcome, subdue; see defeat 1 , 2 , 3 . See Synonym Study at defeat . III… …
