DECOLONISES Antonyms

• bring under control by force or authority

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• overcome by conquest

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• be in control

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• be greater in significance than

• look down on

• make a slave of; bring into servitude

• a notable achievement

• use or manipulate to one's advantage

• draw from; make good use of

• work excessively hard

• keep busy with

• live (in a certain place)

• occupy the whole of

• be on the mind of

• march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

• require (time or space)

• consume all of one's attention or time

• assume, as of positions or roles

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

• cause to suffer

• put down by force or intimidation

• make subservient; force to submit or subdue

• 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