And without knowing what causes it, doctors have been slow to come up with treatments to subdue it.
It may be salutary to recall how Indira Gandhi's order for troops to attack the Golden Temple, where Sikh militants were holed up, not only failed to subdue the militants but triggered a wave of violence, including her assassination.
Bishop finally comes up with a plan to subdue the gangster, a plan that in the real world would not work for one moment, and there is an odd, almost childishly naive feel to the film at this point.
The WHO says it could take up to four months to subdue the outbreak.
If you have no handcuffs, have them place their hands on a vehicle or table, pull their legs back and spread them, so that if they attempt to raise up, it's easy to subdue them.
We could watch Nicolas Cage being picked over for ticks, see which Arquette sibling makes nasty on the carpet, thrill as the judges vainly attempt to shave Paul Thomas Anderson, or count how many whacks of a rolled-up newspaper it takes to subdue yappy Jack Black.
Speaking in the southwestern city of Anatolia earlier this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to continue ramping up military efforts to subdue the PKK.
Chimps are an aggressive, "male dominant" species, but peaceable bonobos dwell in "female dominant" groups, in which the females, tightly bonded through frequent mutual masturbation, gang up to suppress and subdue male aggression.
Solitary and nocturnal, the Atlantic torpedo is capable of generating up to 220 volts of electricity to subdue its prey or defend itself against predators.
Slager testified that when he attempted to use a Taser to subdue Scott, they ended up in a scuffle.
