Subordinate and Subject

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Subordinate verb - To bring under one's control by force of arms.

Usage example: it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones

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Subject is a synonym for subordinate in control topic. In some cases you can use "Subject" instead the word "Subordinate" as an adjective or a noun or a verb or an adverb or a preposition, when it comes to topics like inferior, dependent, over, lesser. popular alternative

Subject verb - To bring under one's control by force of arms.

Usage example: Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage

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Subordinate is a synonym for subject in control topic. You can use "Subordinate" instead the word "Subject" as a noun or an adjective or a verb or an adverb or a preposition, if it concerns topics such as answerable, inferior, dependent, over. popular alternative

fellow	fellow subordinate	fellow subject
good	good subordinate	good subject
female	female subordinate	female subject
best	best subordinate	best subject
Other adjectives: certain, dying, dead, popular, loyal, male, important, former, primary, titular, next, last, different.

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