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(verb) inhibit, curb, stamp down, subdue, suppress
to put down by force or authority
suppress a nascent uprising; stamp down on littering; conquer one's desires
(verb) capture, seize, appropriate
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants; The army seized the town; The militia captured the castle