transcription, транскрипция: [ sʌbdʒʊgeɪt ]
( subjugates, subjugating, subjugated)
1.
If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war. ( FORMAL )
Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
VERB : V n
• sub‧ju‧ga‧tion
...the brutal subjugation of native tribes.
N-UNCOUNT : usu N of n
2.
If your wishes or desires are subjugated to something, they are treated as less important than that thing. ( FORMAL )
After having been subjugated to ambition, your maternal instincts are at last starting to assert themselves.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed to n , also be V-ed