Defeated
Defeated adjective - Beaten or overcome; not victorious.
Usage example: the defeated enemy
Subjugated and defeated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subjugated" instead the word "Defeated" as an adjective or a verb.
Subjugated
Subjugated adjective - Reduced to submission.
Usage example: subjugated peoples
Defeated and subjugated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defeated" instead the word "Subjugated" as an adjective or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- defeat and defeated
- defeat and subjugated
- overcome and defeated
- overcome and subjugated
- abject and defeated
- abject and subjugated
- subdued and defeated
- subdued and subjugated
- disheartened and defeated
- disheartened and subjugated
- distressed and defeated
- distressed and subjugated
- overwhelmed and defeated
- overwhelmed and subjugated
Both words in one sentence
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Because it's far more satisfying to have his enemies subjugated than merely defeated.
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Game-Breaking Bug: The skill system is imbalanced due to a secret title, "Subjugated by Hero", received by being defeated by the Hero.
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It's even claimed that if another civilization was powerful enough to have defeated the Prothean Empire, they would have willingly subjugated themselves, because obviously that civilization would have been superior.
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