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are subduing

  • present progressive of subdue.

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For every plague, horseman and reaper, there are several sparkling books on how we are subduing them.

From The Guardian Feb. 26, 2018

The inhabitants are subduing savage Nature; but, as time will surely show, their greatest achievement is the rearing of fearless men.

From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert

You are subduing the wilderness, extending the frontier.

From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward