- repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
--1 is one way to oppress, suppress, crush
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- subjugate, subject - make subservient; force to submit or subdue
--2 is one way to dominate, master
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun subjugation1, noun subjugator1
Somebody ----s somebody