as in domination
the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control
the conquest of much of North and South America by the Spanish during the 16th century
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The difficult realities of conquest also turned many soldiers against the invasion of Canada.
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G. Patrick O'Brien, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
She will not be known for sporting innovations or conquests as her father was.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Much of the cavernous interior of this UNESCO World Heritage site — a former 19th-century care home — was painted in the 1930s by the celebrated Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, whose brutal, moving imagery evokes the Spanish conquest in frescoes.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
This makes direct conquest an irrational, even suicidal strategy rather than a calculated political maneuver.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
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G. Patrick O'Brien, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
She will not be known for sporting innovations or conquests as her father was.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Much of the cavernous interior of this UNESCO World Heritage site — a former 19th-century care home — was painted in the 1930s by the celebrated Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, whose brutal, moving imagery evokes the Spanish conquest in frescoes.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
This makes direct conquest an irrational, even suicidal strategy rather than a calculated political maneuver.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conquest. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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