subjugate
/ˈsʌbdʒʊgeɪt/verb
with obj.
1- bring under domination or control, especially by conquest征服; 制服; 使服从：
the invaders had soon subjugated most of the native population.
侵略者很快就征服了大部分土著居民。
1.1
subjugate someone/thing to
make someone or something subordinate to使屈从; 使从属, 使隶属：the new ruler firmly subjugated the Church to the state.
新统治者果断地使教会从属于国家。
派生词
subjugation
nounsubjugator
noun词源
late Middle English: from late Latin subjugat- 'brought under a yoke', from the verb subjugare, based on jugum 'yoke'.