conquest
conquest
nounDefinition of CONQUEST
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>
Synonyms dominating, domination, overpowering, subduing, subjecting, subjection, subjugating, subjugation, vanquishing
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