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Meanings of subjugation in English

Portuguese
conquista
Catalan
submissió
Spanish
sometimiento

The act of conquering.

        conquista
        Portuguese
        opressão
        Catalan
        opressió

        The act of subjugating by cruelty.

              opressão
              Usage of subjugation in English
              1
              And they actually continue to perpetuate, I think, our state of subjugation.
              Radio NZ
              2
              But the fight against female subjugation needs to operate on every level.
              The Guardian
              3
              The Great War witnessed the final stage in this process of subjugation.
              The New World of Islam
              4
              Because she wished Austria to go on with the subjugation of Servia.
              Fighting For Peace
              5
              Unconstitutional methods of subjugation, suppression and espionage are highlighted within the report.
              The South African
              6
              Suppression refers to the subjugation of our natural inclination towards earthly objects.
              The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
              7
              The final ruin of Elam followed swiftly on the subjugation of Arabia.
              History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
              8
              Irish people related all too easily to the subjugation of ethnic majorities.
              The Irish Times
              9
              But the subjugation of these is the immediate object of our religion.
              A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
              10
              Naturally the subjugation of this redoubt became the all-absorbing topic of conversation.
              Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Rev...
              11
              Mr. Mallory regarded the subjugation of the South by war as impossible.
              Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
              12
              With the fall of Alesia, the subjugation of Gaul was practically completed.
              Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
              13
              This planet and its subjugation is but the dawn of his existence.
              An Englishman Looks at the World / Being a Series of Unrestraine...
              14
              They could have made poison their weapon for the subjugation of rivals.
              This Simian World
              15
              Satyam is truthfulness of speech, and atmaguptih is subjugation of the mind.
              The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
              16
              The affair at Zabern a year ago testifies to their complete subjugation.
              The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
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