conquest
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈkɒŋkwɛst/
:
conquista
- The general celebrated the successful conquest of the enemy territory after years of warfare.
- military conquest
- war of conquest
- Spanish conquest
So let's proceed with the conquests rapidly.
- So let's proceed with the conquests rapidly.
- Why does the modern archaeological evidence call Joshua's conquest of Canaan into question?
- So they usually came as a result of conquest.
- Islam as a movement, and certainly the Arab conquests are unpredictable events.
- His armies are better equipped with heavy weapons, tanks and planes, but his Manchurian conquest looks lost.
Examples
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Your country, your possessions and you are mine by right of conquest.
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The Mongols roll in after their conquest and they sweep across the steppe.
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No man designed and no man claimed the conquest of your land.
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But it was now a war of conquest and destruction.
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But the conquest of the Anchor was far from over.
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Caesar had shown that successful conquest can be a platform from which one can seize power.
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The war which Poland is carrying on is not one of conquest, but exclusively one of defense.
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And so at last, mankind began the conquest and colonization of deep space.
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By the eve of the Turkish conquest, much of Constantinople lay in ruins.
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Soon after the Muslim conquest, Jews received permission to build a synagogue on the Temple Mount.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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7.2
Control of a country or region by foreign military forces
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4.7
To have power or control over other people
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5.4
A sudden illegal action to seize control of a country's government by force
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6.1
The removal of a leader or government from power, often by force
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5.6
Taking land, buildings, or other property, often by force
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7.5
The act of a country adding land to make it its own
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8.4
The act of forcing people or groups to obey
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9.3
Taking power, position, property or rights without the legal right to do so
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8.2
The act of bringing people or a country under control, usually by force
Taking control of a country or its people using soldiers
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.7
An act of having sex with someone after getting them to agree, seen as an achievement
The 1066 attack by the Normans after the Battle of Hastings that led to their rule of England
A secret armed group in Egypt that wants to replace the government with a strict Islamic state
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Etymology
Conquest comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and quaerere ('to seek'), the same root as quest. It originally meant to 'win' or 'get' something, so a conquest is taking control of land or people by force.