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tamed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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the once inhospitable landscape is now tamed.
Examples of tamed
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Vogelstein fervently believes that cancer will be tamed during the next century.
From the businessweek.com
The wild man of country music has been tamed, creating the perfect summer album.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Although first tamed by ancient Egyptians, the pet was hardly universally loved.
From the denverpost.com
Though Ma is no Messiah, a risk-tamed China may be a reward captured for Taiwan.
From the time.com
The revolutionary power had been tamed, if not by us, then by its own longevity.
From the theatlantic.com
Yet the belief that the market must be tamed does not go unchallenged in Europe.
From the economist.com
But rapidly rising profits disguised huge cost increases that must now be tamed.
From the economist.com
A year ago, the Blues acted as if they had tamed the West after beating Detroit.
From the stltoday.com
New York has been tamed when it comes to biking, but it's not exactly Amsterdam.
From the courier-journal.com
- Correct by punishment or discipline
- Flat and uninspiring
- Tone down: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
- Very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
- Brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
- Domesticate: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
- Domesticate: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
- Meek: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
- Domesticate: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
