subjugation
Example Sentences
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Koreans began immigrating to Los Angeles in the early 1900s as Korea lost independence to Japan, with a formal subjugation in 1910.
From Los Angeles Times
Like the Arch of Titus, this monument glorifies the destruction and subjugation of a conquered people.
From Salon
For millennia, human history has consisted of repeated episodes of one group of people displacing another through expulsion, subjugation, genocide or other means.
She allowed none of that here, tapping into the desperation of a woman whose self-worth is wrapped up in the subjugation of those around her.
From Los Angeles Times
In fact, fascists in Europe, as you say, look to the Jim Crow laws of the South and the subjugation of Western Indian nations to inspire them and their race laws.
From Salon
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