Definition of subjugating:
(v) :
To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
(v) :
To make (someone or something) subordinate to another person or thing; to subordinate.
(adj) :
Forced into submission; subjugated.
(v) :
To tame (an animal); to domesticate.
(n) :
(rare) A person forced into submission; a subject.
(v) :
(figurative, obsolete, rare) To put (one's neck or shoulders) under a metaphorical yoke.