Synset:keep down reduce repress subdue subjugate
Examples:
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
- China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
- The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
Derivationally Related Form:repressiverepressionsubduer
Hypernyms:crush oppress suppress
Inherited Hypernyms:repressoppress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody