subdue
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(verb) hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites" |
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Synonyms: mortify |
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Related Words: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
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(verb) correct by punishment or discipline |
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Synonyms: chasten, tame |
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Related Words: alter, break, break in, change, domesticate, domesticize |
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(verb) to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising", "stamp down on littering" "conquer one's desires" |
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Synonyms: conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, suppress |
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Related Words: blink, blink away, burke, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, contain, control, curb, dampen, hold, hold in, hush, hush up, moderate, muffle, quell, quieten, shut up, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, still, wink |
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(verb) get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" |
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Synonyms: get over, master, overcome, surmount, swim |
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Related Words: bulldog, defeat, overcome |
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(verb) put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" |
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Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subjugate |
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Related Words: clamp down, crush, oppress, suppress |
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