💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Subdual"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| subduementnoun | (obsolete) subdual; act of subduing |
| subduingverb | The act of something being subdued. |
| subduernoun | One who, or that which, subdues. |
| defeatnoun | The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. |
| debellationnoun | (international law, uncommon) The annihilation of a sovereign state through its complete destruction in a war. |
| quellverb | (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. |
| subversionnoun | A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining. |
| downcast | Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty. |
| quellernoun | One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues. |
| subductionnoun | (geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary. |
| discomfiturenoun | An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment. |
| submergementnoun | The act of submerging. |
| subordinatornoun | (grammar) Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level (subordinate clauses). |
| abatementnoun | The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. |
| lossnoun | (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. |
| downthrownoun | (geology) A depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault. |
| vanquishmentnoun | The state of being vanquished |
| routnoun | (originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing. |
| trouncenoun | An act of trouncing: a severe beating, a thrashing; a thorough defeat. |
| defeaternoun | One who defeats. |
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