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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These staging attacks and Illuminate disappearances are too precise and elusive to suggest a full-scale planetary conquest, but their methods and intentions remain a dire enigma.
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
This plan would prevent the kind of collapse and conquest that followed the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2024
Today, this citadel in the clouds faces a different kind of conquest: nearly a million people each year are treading sacred ground at this New Wonder of the World.
—Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, through the conquest of acquisition, Xbox will begin to close the distance.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
This plan would prevent the kind of collapse and conquest that followed the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2024
Today, this citadel in the clouds faces a different kind of conquest: nearly a million people each year are treading sacred ground at this New Wonder of the World.
—Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, through the conquest of acquisition, Xbox will begin to close the distance.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conquest. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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