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conquer
Synonyms and Antonyms of conquer
- before his final defeat, Napoléon had managed to conquer much of Europe
annihilate, beat, clobber, crush, defeat, drub, lick, mow (down), overcome, prevail (over), reduce, rout, skunk, smash, thrash, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip
break, clamp down (on), crack down (on), put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, smother, snuff (out), squash, squelch, suppress
- love conquers all, or so romance novels would have us believe
edge (out), nose out, pip [British]
annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip
cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed
knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish
ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
- a coach who demands that his team conquer, whatever the cost
Synonym Discussion of conquer
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- Caesar conquered Gaul
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- vanquished the enemy and ended the war
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- the Confederates defeated the Union forces at Manassas
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- subdued the native tribes after years of fighting
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- the city was reduced after a month-long siege
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- overcame a host of bureaucratic roadblocks
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- violently overthrew the old regime
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