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   subjugate

   /ˈsʌbdʒʊɡeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. bring under domination or control, especially by conquest: "the invaders had soon subjugated most of the population"
   • ▪ make someone or something subordinate to: "the new ruler firmly subjugated the Church to the state"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin subjugat- ‘brought under a yoke’, from the verb subjugare, based on jugum ‘yoke’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. subjugable adjective
   • 2. subjugator noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • B

     3

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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