VERB
(尤指在戰爭中)征服，制服，使屈服
If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war.
例句
Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
他們大動干戈想要控制阿富汗地區，但只持續了10年就無果而終了。