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Subdue Subdued Put Means Səb'duː Enemy Captured City

Front subdue
Pron [səb'duː]
Back 【SUBDUE】
They subdued the enemy an captured the city after a long battle.
经过一场久战之后,他们终于打败敌人占领了这座城市。
【重点词汇】
subdue v. 征服 同: conquer
Vocab
subdueput down by force or intimidation

To subdue is to hold back, put down, or defeat. A Doberman can be subdued with a bone, but subduing a yapping toy poodle can be a mail carrier's greatest daily challenge.

You can use the verb subdue in ways ranging from subtle to very forceful. If someone is angry, you might subdue him with kind words that overcome his anger. If someone is coming at you with a giant karate chop, you may be able to subdue her with a secret weapon — a knee-snap–heel-kick-floor-drop. Sub-, as in submarine means "below" and subdue means to bring low — to keep down literally or to calm down emotionally.

All forms of 'subdue' will appear on average once every 287 pages.
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duly
endue
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undue
unsubduable
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subduer
subduedness
unsubdued
unduly

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