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Meanings of reduce to subjection in English

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Usage of reduce to subjection in English
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Now, at sea they are absolute masters; and instantly reduce to subjection every place at which they land.
The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
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Sicily had been reduced to subjection to the Bourbons of Naples.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 1 of 2)
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Thus for the second time Ionia had been reduced to subjection.
The History of Herodotus — Volume 1
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We will admit that her inhabitants are reduced to subjection.
Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914
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Reduce to subjection a warlike and discontented nation, by means of a mutinous army?
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
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Henry Percy boasted that the Scots south of the Forth had been reduced to subjection.
The History of England / From the Accession of Henry III. to the...
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Thus all Italy was, in 484, reduced to subjection.
The History of Rome, Book II / From the Abolition of the Monarch...
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At the same time Satricum was again reduced to subjection and severely punished for its revolt.
The History of Rome, Book II / From the Abolition of the Monarch...
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Samos completely reduced to subjection.
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Wate...
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He does not wish to have you expelled, and I revoke my sentence; but he desires to have you reduced to subjection.
Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student
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On the north of the wall were the nations that no severity had reduced to subjection, and no resistance could restrain from plunder.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04
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The wild tribes of modern Yunnan were reduced to subjection, and their territory may further be considered as added from about this period.
The Civilization of China
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He was defeated and driven back to the north of Lake Urumiah, the Mannai were reduced to subjection, and Assyria once more breathed freely.
History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
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Then after the remainder of Hellas has been reduced to subjection, from that moment the Lacedemonian power will be left alone and therefore feeble.
The History of Herodotus — Volume 2
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Having taken this step of open defiance to the Ming government, Li invaded Shansi, which he reduced to subjection with little difficulty or bloodshed.
China
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That king who does not crush a foe reduced to subjection by military force, provides for his own death like the crab when she conceives.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...