制圧|せいあつseiatsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbgaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy; supremacy
   軍隊ぐんたいは反乱はんらんを制圧せいあつした。↗

   The army had the revolt well in hand.

• Synonym弾圧だんあつNeutralAuthorities using power or force to crush opposition forces, as in 「言論弾圧」; 「制圧」 is about subduing by force and bringing a situation under control.
• Related強圧きょうあつWrittenFormal written term for pressure or duress forcibly imposed; it centers on the pressure itself, not on taking control.
• Related抑止よくしNeutralDeterring or holding back an act before it happens, as in 「犯罪の抑止」 or 「核抑止力」; no sense of military occupation.
• Related圧迫あっぱくNeutralApplying pressure or oppression, including physical squeezing, as in 「財政を圧迫する」.
• Related圧制あっせいWrittenDespotic oppression, as in 「圧制に苦しむ」; stresses long-term political oppression and leans toward written prose.
• Antonym解放かいほうNeutralFreeing someone or something from restraints so they can act freely; the direct opposite of 「制圧」's subjugation and control.
• Antonym降伏こうふくNeutralAdmitting defeat and submitting to the enemy; the act of the side being subdued, so it runs opposite to 「制圧」.

Use 「制圧」 for subduing by force and taking full control of a situation or area, as in 「反乱を制圧する」; it also covers 「火災を制圧する」. For crushing dissent use 「弾圧」, and for deterring an act use 「抑止」. The opposite of 「制圧」 is 「解放」.

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1. 威力いりょくで相手あいてを押さえ付おさえつけ、反抗はんこうの余地よちを与あたえないこと。
2. 土地とちや都市としなどを武力ぶりょくにより占拠せんきょし支配下しはいかに置おくこと。
3. 疾病しっぺいなどを撲滅ぼくめつすること。