subjugation


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the act of subjugating by cruelty

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the act of conquering

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The interest of his life consisted not only in an ever greater and greater subjugation of his will, but in the attainment of all the Christian virtues, which at first seemed to him easily attainable.
It was mournful, indeed, to witness the subjugation of that vigorous spirit to a corporeal infirmity.
ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Wednesday that Kashmiris freedom from Indian subjugation was writing on the wall.
Witness, Subjugation and Srebrenica Women by Robert McNeil are on show at the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.
In 1846, following the defeat of Sikhs in the first Anglo-Sikh war, the so called 'Maharaja' Gulab Singh 'purchased' Kashmir along with all its inhabitants for a paltry 7.5 million Rupees from none other than the torch bearer of civilisation and human rights, the then British Empire.After the worst possible atrocities and subjugation a nation has been subjected to in human history, Kashmiris saw ray of hope with the arrival of 1947.
ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that if Modi regime did not abandon the policy of subjugation, it would leave peace of the region in severe dangers.
Damascus, SANA -- The Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said that the so-called "Syrian clans conference" is a meeting of treason, treachery, and subjugation, and that those who organize such meetings do not represent any of the true, national components of Syria.
'It must realize that the more they try and repress the people of kashmir through violence the more determined kashmiri's become to break free from the subjugation by India.'
The passage of draconian laws and the establishment of military courts are subjugation of civilian institutions.
ONE of your recent correspondents talked about subjugation of the British by the European Union.
July 19 is observed as Kashmir's accession to Pakistan Day by the people of Jammu and Kashmir living either side of the line of control and other parts of the world every year with the renewal of pledge to continue the ongoing indigenous struggle for freedom of occupied Jammu Kashmir from the Indian subjugation and to translate the idea of accession into reality under the spirit of the historic resolution passed on July 19 in 1947.
July 19 is observed as Kashmirs Accession to Pakistan Day by the Kashmir's living either side of the line of control and other parts of the world every year with the renewal of pledge to continue the ongoing indigenous struggle for freedom of occupied Jammu Kashmir from the Indian subjugation and to translate the idea of accession of entire Jammu Kashmir state to Pakistan into reality under the spirit of the historic resolution passed on July 19 in 1947.
The special office of Al- Sadr said that "during the meeting they discussed the latest developments in the political process and the importance of working on the real national principle and away from all kinds of alignments and subjugation, and focused on bridging gaps in the political process and accelerate the formation of the government to assume its responsibilities.
Ever since man came on earth, the most insufferable crime man can commit against man is the subjugation of one tribe by another, the subjugation of a country's citizens by kings, the forced slavery of people of subject countries, the colonizing of countries by the armed forces of powerful empires.