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tame

2 verb
     
Related topics: Animals
tame2 [transitive]
1 to reduce the power or strength of something and prevent it from causing trouble:
The Prime Minister managed to tame the trade unions.
2HBA to train a wild animal to obey you and not to attack people [= domesticate]:
The Asian elephant can be tamed and trained.
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