subdues

VERB

keep under control; moderate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conquer crush extinguish humble overcome overpower quell repress restrain suppress tame temper

STRONG

break check control defeat discipline dominate drop gentle mellow overrun quash quench quiet quieten reduce soften squelch subjugate trample vanquish

WEAK

bear down beat down break in get the better of get the upper hand get under control put down shut down tone down triumph over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aggravate agitate build up encourage let go lose praise release surrender yield

STRONG

aid allow assist give up help liberate permit start strengthen

WEAK

arouse incite rouse

Example Sentences

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Cai et al. tackle all of these issues by presenting constraints on the hydration of the approximately 150-million-year-old Pacific plate as it subducts at the Mariana Trench.

From Nature • Nov. 13, 2018

Since both plates are made of oceanic lithosphere, it is usually the older plate that subducts because it is colder and denser.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Subduction zones, where an oceanic plate dives — or subducts — under a continental plate, are responsible for the world’s most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2014

Here, the Pacific Plate dives or subducts beneath the North American Plate.

From Scientific American • Dec. 18, 2013

Extending along most of the coast of South America, the dense Nazca plate of the Pacific, moving eastward, subducts, or descends beneath, the lighter mass of the South American plate, which is moving westward.

From Time Magazine Archive