subjecting 1 of 2

as in conquest
the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control a time when the subjecting of much of Asia and Africa to European rule was at its culmination

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subjecting

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verb

present participle of subject

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Noun
  • Of course, by the end of the 1930s, the Nazi conquest of Europe had driven a dramatic swing in U.S. public opinion away from Borah’s isolationist daydream.
    Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Dating work on the pottery nuclei revealed that most of them probably also date to the Hellenistic period, or the later Roman to Byzantine periods, which spanned from 63 B.C. until the early Islamic conquests of the 7th century A.D.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Is there not a single executive somewhere at Netflix to greenlight a fresh retelling of the core Hanukkah story of pride, miracles, and determined guerilla warfare against a conquering despot?
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Then English speakers began conquering Celtic, Native American, African, Australian and other peoples, pressuring or forcing them to give up their languages.
    Ross Perlin, The Dial, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Cowan looks to be the go-to player for Canada in this tournament after dominating the OHL over the past 18 months.
    The Athletic NHL Staff, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The companies that master competitive intelligence—the art of knowing what your competitors are doing and doing it better—are the ones that end up dominating their markets.
    Mohit Prateek, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Her indispensable account of the prehistory of the U.S. economic security state argues that elite strategies of domination are only half the story, if that.
    Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • As in equine therapy, the connection between human and horse becomes more subliminal—not as a relationship based on domination, but one of mutual care and attunement.
    Essence, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
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