Vocabulary
Subjugate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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By all accounts, Pakistan`s militarised ruling class remains committed to the classed, racialised and gendered logics ofthe colonialcapitalist order that subjugate the mass of the people.
Dawn Editorials —
A new dawn?
— 2026-04-10
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The latter they consider to be `hitmen`, or agents of foreign capital that wants to subjugate Pakistan in a neo-colonial relationship so as to exploit its labour and resources.There is rarely any dialogue between these two camps.
Dawn Editorials —
Manias and magic bullets
— 2025-11-20
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This is not the first instance when the powers that be have sought to subjugate the judiciary, but it is the first time a civilian dispensation has so extensively facilitated the effort.
Dawn Editorials —
Judges depart
— 2025-11-15
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Thus, every attempt has been made to subjugate the judiciary.
Dawn Editorials —
The 27th amendment
— 2025-11-09
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Pakistan must not commit to any plan that does not secure the best interests of the Palestinian people, or worse, ends up aiding Israeli efforts to humiliate and subjugate the Arab population of the occupied territories.
Dawn Editorials —
Troops for Gaza
— 2025-10-31
Synonyms
conquer, vanquish, defeat, crush, quell, quash, gain mastery over, gain ascendancy over,
Curator example
“the invaders had soon subjugated most of the population”
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