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soggiogare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • commandeer verb To seize property or people for military or official use, usually by force.
  • shackle verb To restrain someone with chains or metal restraints.
  • subdue verb To bring a person, animal, or feeling under control, often by force or effort.
  • subjugate verb To conquer a people or country and force them into submission.

Senses

soggiogare is used for these senses in English:

  • commandeer (transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).
  • shackle To inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or ineffectual.
  • subdue (transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
  • subjugate To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).

commandeer — full definition

  1. verb To seize property or people for military or official use, usually by force.
  2. verb To take over or take control of something without permission, not necessarily by force.

shackle — full definition

  1. verb To restrain someone with chains or metal restraints.
  2. verb To restrict or hold back someone's freedom or progress.

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