subduing
present participle ofsubdue
subdue
verb[T]
uk/səbˈdʒuː/us/səbˈduː/toreducetheforceof something, or topreventsomething fromexistingordeveloping:
Thefireburnedfor eighthoursbefore thefirecrewscould subdue it.
Hecriticizedtheschoolfortryingto subdueindividualexpression.
Preventing and impeding
- anti-jamming
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hamper
- hang
- havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
- head off
- hinder
- prejudice
- prevent
- preventable
- prevention
- prevention is better than cureidiom
- scuttle
- smother
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Becoming and making less strong
Examplesofsubduing
subduing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Thus, our troops often encountered very serious difficulties insubduingthese earthen fortifications, which offered no opening to attack.
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The fact that the vorticity lines, which are azimuthal circles, are continually being shortened by the in-flow also should have a 'subduing' effect on the flow.
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A plan forsubduinginflation.
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It does not reduce the necessity ofsubduingagain.
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This is notsubduingthe spirit but liberating it.
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They seem to have been very successful insubduingthem.
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Instead, we human beings have been set the – even biblical – task ofsubduingthe earth.
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I asked whether they would be effective insubduingthe opponent.
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He was stillsubduinghis first field, and he had subdued the second.
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It will give time for thesubduingof this racial conflict.
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It is ineffective forsubduingan enemy, while it exposes us to grave risks.
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It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity ofsubduingagain; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
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In addition to dominantssubduingsubordinates, the female will fight off her numerous suitors if she is not ready to mate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It had 4 pairs of walking legs, a fifth pair modified into swimming paddles, and a pair of large chelae (pincers) forsubduingprey.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She's also efficient at throwing handcuffs andsubduingher target.
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