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subdual

American  
[suhb-doo-uhl, -dyoo-] / səbˈdu əl, -ˈdyu- /

noun

  1. an act or instance of subduing.

  2. the state of being subdued. subdued.


Other Word Forms

  • self-subdual noun

Etymology

Origin of subdual

First recorded in 1665–75; subdue + -al 2

Example Sentences

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The factors included Sutherland’s “excited state,” a recent change in medications he was prescribed at a psychiatric treatment center and the “subdual process” by which deputies removed Sutherland from his cell that day, O’Neal said.

From Seattle Times

Dr. Downs, Ms. Wilson said, ruled the manner of Mr. Sutherland’s death as “undetermined,” stating that he died “as a result of excited state with pharmacotherapeutic effect during subdual process.”

From New York Times

Baker, Hennepin County’s chief medical examiner, said he ruled Floyd’s death was a homicide caused by “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression.”

From Reuters

Though multiple contributing factors may have contributed to Mr. Floyd’s death, Dr. Baker said he believed that the primary cause of death was the same as he wrote in his initial autopsy: “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”

From New York Times

When questioned about his finding that police "subdual, restraint and neck compression" led to Floyd’s death, Baker said that Floyd had severe underlying heart disease and an enlarged heart that needed more oxygen than normal to function, as well as narrowing of two heart arteries.

From Fox News