conquest

conquest

noun

Definition 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

Related Words triumph, victory, win, winning; beating, defeat, drubbing, licking, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping; enslavement; takeover

Near Antonyms emancipation, enfranchisement, freeing, liberation, manumission, release