bring under control
91subject — I. noun Etymology: Middle English suget, subget, from Anglo French, from Latin subjectus one under authority & subjectum subject of a proposition, from masculine & neuter respectively of subjectus, past participle of subicere to subject,… …
92Phillips Disaster — The Phillips Disaster refers to a devastating series of explosions and fire in October of 1989, near the Houston Ship Channel in Texas, USA. The initial blast registered 3.5 on the Richter Scale, and the conflagration took 10 hours to bring under …
93subdue — verb a) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control. b) To bring (a country) under control by force …
94subdue — verb (subdues, subduing, subdued) overcome, quieten, or bring under control. ↘bring (a country) under control by force. Derivatives subduable adjective subduer noun Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. suduire, from L. subducere, lit. draw from below …
95subdue — ► VERB (subdues, subdued, subduing) 1) overcome, quieten, or bring under control. 2) bring (a country) under control by force. ORIGIN Latin subducere draw from below …
96dis|ci|pline — «DIHS uh plihn», noun, verb, plined, plin|ing. –n. 1. training, especially training of the mind or character: »Children who have had no discipline are often hard to teach. 2. the training effect of experience, misfortune, or other happenings:… …
97subdue — transitive verb (subdued; subduing) Etymology: Middle English sodewen, subduen, from Anglo French soduire, subdure to lead astray, overcome, arrest (influenced in form and meaning by Latin subdere to subject), from Latin subducere to withdraw,… …
98conquer — conquer, defeat, vanquish, overcome, surmount, subdue, subjugate, reduce, overthrow, rout, beat, lick all mean to get the better of or to bring into subjection whether by the exercise of force or of strategy. Conquer and defeat are perhaps the… …
99discipline — n. & v. n. 1 a control or order exercised over people or animals, esp. children, prisoners, military personnel, church members, etc. b the system of rules used to maintain this control. c the behaviour of groups subjected to such rules (poor… …
100reduce — /ri doohs , dyoohs /, v., reduced, reducing. v.t. 1. to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one s weight by 10 pounds. 2. to lower in degree, intensity, etc.: to reduce the speed of a car. 3. to bring down to a… …