subdue
verb (used with object)
to conquer and bring into subjection.
will subdue
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future tenseof subdue.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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This will subdue the temperature on some of the beaches in counties Antrim and Down.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
Officials hope the rain will subdue the fire until finally snow snuffs it out later in the year.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Oil at a five-year low and slowing overseas markets will subdue prices in the production chain that feed into the cost of living.
From Los Angeles Times
Anyone who thinks the machine will subdue the man is in for a head-spin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ultimately it will subdue the planet for us, and we shall be able to exclaim with Mr. Swinburne, "Glory to man in the highest, for man is the master of things."
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote
