SUBDUCES Synonyms

• power to direct or determine

• a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

• (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

• a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

• the activity of managing or exerting control over something

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

• discipline in personal and social activities

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

• the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• handle and cause to function

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

• place under restrictions; limit access to by law

• verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

• a dense crowd of people

• temporary love of an adolescent

• the act of crushing

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• break into small pieces

• humiliate or depress completely

• crush or bruise

• make ineffective

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

• an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

• win a victory over

• thwart the passage of

• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

• a basket usually with a cover

• prevent the progress or free movement of

• put at a disadvantage

• win a victory over

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome

• suppress or crush completely

• overcome or allay

• put down by force or intimidation

• impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of

• suppress in order to conceal or hide

• put out of one's consciousness

• block the action of

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

• prevent (someone or something) from doing something

• prevent the action or expression of

• bring under control by force or authority

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• put out of one's consciousness

• lessen to the point of stopping