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Main Entry:	subdue
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	keep under control; moderate
Synonyms:	bear down, break, break in, check, conquer, control, crush, defeat, discipline, dominate, drop, extinguish, gentle, humble, mellow, overcome, overpower, overrun, put down, quash, quell, quench, quiet, reduce, repress, restrain, shut down, soften, squelch, subjugate, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, trample, vanquish, beat down, get the better of, get the upper hand, get under control, quieten, triumph over
Antonyms:	arouse, incite, release, rouse, start

Main Entry:	abate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	lessen, grow or cause to grow less
Synonyms:	allay, chill out, coast, cool, decline, decrease, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, let up, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, taper, wane, cool it, go with the flow, hang easy, hang loose, lay back, let go, let it all hang out, mellow out, take it easy, taper off, unlax
Antonyms:	amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise

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Main Entry:	appease
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	satisfy, pacify
Synonyms:	allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize, be enough, make matters up, patch things up
Antonyms:	aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease

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Main Entry:	bridle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	check, hold back
Synonyms:	constrain, control, curb, govern, inhibit, master, moderate, repress, restrain, rule, subdue, suppress, withhold, keep in check
Notes:	bridal relates to a bride or a marriage ceremony while a bridle is a harness
Antonyms:	release, let go, set free

Main Entry:	chasten
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	correct, humiliate
Synonyms:	abase, admonish, afflict, berate, castigate, chastise, chide, cow, curb, discipline, humble, objurgate, penalize, punish, rake over the coals, rebuke, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, scourge, soften, subdue, tame, try, upbraid, call down, exprobate, fulminate against, have on the carpet, take to task, tongue-lash
Antonyms:	aid, animate, assist, boost, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, help, honor, uplift

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Main Entry:	cow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	browbeat, intimidate
Synonyms:	abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, rattle, scare, strong-arm*, subdue, terrorize, unnerve, buffalo, dragoon, lean on, overawe, push around, showboat, turn on the heat, walk heavy
Antonyms:	encourage, hearten, inspirit

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Main Entry:	curb
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	repress, restrict
Synonyms:	abstain, bit, bottle up, bridle, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook, deny, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, ice, impede, inhibit, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, restrain, retard, scrub, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold, box in, bring to screeching halt, cool down, cool off, entrammel, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, keep tight rein on, rein in, send up
Antonyms:	aid, assist, encourage, foster, help

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Main Entry:	daunt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	frighten, alarm
Synonyms:	appall, baffle, browbeat, bully, cow, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismay, foil, horrify, intimidate, put off*, scare, shake, subdue, terrify, thwart, consternate, dispirit, overawe
Antonyms:	aid, assist, embolden, encourage, hearten, help, incite, stimulate, urge, inspirit, undaunt

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Main Entry:	defuse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disarm; smooth over
Synonyms:	alleviate, cripple, deactivate, diminish, disable, lessen, moderate, mollify, pacify, pad, restrain, soften, soothe, subdue, weaken, demilitarize

Main Entry:	domesticate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tame; habituate
Synonyms:	accustom, break, break in, breed, bring up, bust, corral, familiarize, gentle, herd, hitch, naturalize, raise, reclaim, round up, subdue, teach, train, yoke, acclimatize, domiciliate, housetrain

Main Entry:	enslave
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make someone a servant
Synonyms:	bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, dominate, enclose, enthrall, fetter, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, oppress, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, yoke, disenfranchise, disfranchise, enchain, get hooks into, keep under thumb, put in irons, shut in
Antonyms:	allow, emancipate, free, liberate, let go

Main Entry:	enthrall
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	captivate
Synonyms:	absorb, beguile, bewitch, charm, enchant, engage, enrapture, enslave, entrance, fascinate, grab, grip, hook, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize, subdue, subject, subjugate, hold spellbound, preoccupy, rivet, spellbind
Antonyms:	bore, dull, tire, turn off, weary

Main Entry:	farm
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	produce crops, raise animals
Synonyms:	crop, cultivate, direct, dress, garden, graze, grow, harvest, husband, landscape, operate, pasture, plant, plow, ranch, reap, run, seed, sow, subdue, superintend, tend, till, work, bring under cultivation, harrow, homestead, look after, till the soil

Main Entry:	fascinate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	captivate, hold spellbound
Synonyms:	absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, seduce, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win, infatuate, intoxicate, rivet, spellbind
Antonyms:	bore, repel, tire, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest

Main Entry:	flatten
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	level out
Synonyms:	abrade, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, lay, plane, plaster*, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, squash, straighten, subdue, trample, beat down, even out, knock down, lay low, mow down, spread out
Antonyms:	break, elevate, raise, round, make uneven

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Main Entry:	humble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	shame, put down
Synonyms:	abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush, cut to the quick, debase, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower, make eat dirt, make one feel small, mortify, overcome, pop one's balloon, pull down, put away, put one away, put to shame, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down a peg, take down*, upset
Antonyms:	build up, praise, promote

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Main Entry:	humiliate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	embarrass, put down
Synonyms:	abase, abash, base, blister, break, bring down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomfit, discountenance, disgrace, dishonor, downplay, humble, lower, mortify, pan, play down, put to shame, rip, run down, shame, slam, smear, snub, squash, subdue, take down, tear down, vanquish, wither, bemean, bring low, cast down, cut down to size, make a fool of, make ashamed, put out of countenance, shoot down*, take down a peg
Antonyms:	build up, elevate, laud, praise

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Main Entry:	intimidate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	frighten, threaten
Synonyms:	alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over, browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound, lean on, oblige, overawe, push around, ride, ruffle, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someone's arm
Antonyms:	assist, encourage, help

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Main Entry:	lull
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	calm, ease off
Synonyms:	abate, allay, balm, cease, chill out, compose, cool, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fall, hush, let up, lullaby, moderate, pacify, qualify, quell, quiet, settle, slacken, soft-pedal*, soothe, still, stroke, subdue, subside, temper, tranquilize, wane, becalm, cool off, die down, lay back, put a lid on, quiet down, take it easy, take the edge, take the sting out
Antonyms:	energize, excite

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Main Entry:	mitigate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	check, diminish, lighten
Synonyms:	abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, cool, dull, ease, extenuate, lessen, meet halfway, moderate, modify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce, relieve, remit, soften, soothe, subdue, temper, tone down, tranquilize, weaken, come together, take the edge off
Antonyms:	aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen