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Subjugate vs Assail - What's the difference?

subjugate | assail |

As verbs the difference between subjugate and assail

is that subjugate is to forcibly impose obedience or servitude while assail is to attack violently using words or force.

subjugate

English

Verb

  • To forcibly impose obedience or servitude.

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    * subjugation

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    assail

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attack violently using words or force.
    • Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
    For the next six months or so those children will assail her in public with demands for an improper story! (from H.H. Munro's short story, "The Storyteller").