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• A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission) — A Simple (Or How I Was Robert McNamara d Into Submission) is a song written by Paul Simon. The song has two versions. The original version was performed and recorded by him with one microphone and an acoustic guitar on his solo album The Paul… …   Wikipedia

• submission — noun 1 accepting sb else s control ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total VERB + SUBMISSION ▪ demand, expect ▪ The emperor demanded total submission from his subjects …   Collocations dictionary

• submission */*/ — UK [səbˈmɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms submission : singular submission plural submissions 1) [countable] a document that you formally give to someone who will make a decision about it All submissions must be received by 10 April. a) [uncountable] …   English dictionary

• submission — sub|mis|sion [ səb mıʃn ] noun ** 1. ) count a document that you formally give to someone who will make a decision about it: All submissions must be received by April 10. a ) uncount the process of giving a document to someone for them to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• submission — sub|mis|sion S2 [səbˈmıʃən] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin, from submittere; SUBMIT] 1.) [U] the state of being completely controlled by a person or group, and accepting that you have to obey them force/frighten/beat etc sb into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• submission — noun 1 (U) the state of being completely controlled by a person or group, and accepting that you have to obey them: force/frighten etc sb into submission: The prisoners were eventually starved into submission. | in submission to (=in obedience… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• submission — [[t]səbmɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] submissions 1) N UNCOUNT: oft into N Submission is a state in which people can no longer do what they want to do because they have been brought under the control of someone else. The army intends to take the city or simply… …   English dictionary

• submission to a court's jurisdiction — index appearance (coming into court) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Submission of the Clergy — The Submission of the Clergy was a process by which the Church of England gave up their power to formulate church laws without the King s licence and assent. It was first passed by the Convocation of Canterbury in 1532 and then by the Reformation …   Wikipedia

• starve somebody into into doing something — ˌstarve sb into ˈsth/into ˈdoing sth derived to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money • The blockade was aimed at starving the country into submission. Main entry: ↑starvederived …   Useful english dictionary

• starve somebody into something doing something — ˌstarve sb into ˈsth/into ˈdoing sth derived to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money • The blockade was aimed at starving the country into submission. Main entry: ↑starvederived …   Useful english dictionary