The phrase "ability to subdue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to control, conquer, or suppress something or someone.
Example: "The leader demonstrated an impressive ability to subdue dissent within the ranks, ensuring unity among the team."
Alternatives: "capacity to control" or "power to suppress".
Khan expresses considerable confidence in his understanding of the Taliban and his ability to subdue them.
It is frightening to think that our vaunted ability to subdue emotional urges through the force of intellect and conscience (allowing us to defer gratification and resist temptation) also allowed Nazi guards to overcome their visceral horror at what they were doing and to persevere with distasteful acts that they thought served a higher purpose.
His ability to subdue and pester the midfield of Real Madrid — a team that scored 121 goals this season -– to the point where Xabi Alonso and Sami Khedira where forced to sit as far back as their own backline — was a testament to their new found respect for the youngster.
The doctrine of shock and awe--a metaphor for our ability to subdue conflicts through intimidation before they turn into full fledged wars that has been essential to our notion of military power in the world--died in Iraq.
Based on the cross-sectional properties of its humerus, we interpret that Smilodon was a powerful predator that differed from extant felids in its greater ability to subdue prey using the forelimbs.
As Aang watched the trial where Yakone was convicted of using the rare and illegal technique Bloodbending, Yakone tried to escape Republic City, using his unique abilities to subdue everyone in the court room, thus leaving them unconscious.
The greater ability of accipitrids to subdue large struggling prey likely accounts for their generally higher rate of predation on large prey than falconids.
Turkish troops have pursued the P.K.K. across the mountainous border with Iraq more than 25 times since the conflict began, but the military has not managed to subdue the militants or diminish their combat ability.
After proving his abilities as a general both in the Egyptian campaign and in Germany (1800), Leclerc was sent by Napoleon to subdue the rebellion in Haiti, at that time known as Saint-Domingue.
His dour affect seemed to subdue Karen.
