Examples of “subjugate” in a Sentence

verb To conquer a people or country and force them into submission.

• The invading army subjugated the region within a year.
• Other nationalisms aimed at liberating subjugated peoples who spoke the same language and lived in the same territory. — Amos Elon, Israelis & Palestinians: What Went Wrong? (2002)

verb To make someone or something subordinate or dependent on another.

• So the battle went on till her heart was sick. She had several more boys to subjugate before she could establish herself. — David Herbert Lawrence, The Man’s World (1915)
• He accused the company of subjugating workers' rights to profit.