subjugation
/ˌsʌbdʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
noun
- The act of bringing someone or something under control, especially by force; conquest.
- The general's strategy focused on the swift subjugation of the capital city.
- History books often describe the subjugation of weaker nations by stronger ones.
- The subjugation of the native population took decades.
- A state of being controlled or dominated, often in a harsh or oppressive way.
- Her novel explores themes of subjugation and resistance.
- They lived in subjugation under the cruel regime.
- The workers fought against the subjugation imposed by the factory owners.
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