subjugated

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Kaunda's message was clear - black Africans must no longer be subjugated.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The pavilions are scattered in seemingly haphazard fashion, in keeping with Mr. Govan’s conviction that visitors should follow their own curiosity and make their own connections without being subjugated to a hierarchy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Mina’s father flouted strictures; Sade’s mother subjugated herself to them — that is, until Sade went to jail on a serious felony and compassion for her daughter awakened her long-dormant maternal loyalty.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

In the early 1890s, U.S. political and military leaders tried to outlaw the Ghost Dance, fearing the movement was a precursor to an uprising in communities it subjugated.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Over the course of the next 15 years, New Zealand was convulsed by the so-called Musket Wars, as musketless tribes either acquired muskets or were subjugated by tribes already armed with them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond