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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Recent Examples of conquest
The tapestry, which depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066, will be displayed at the British Museum from September 2026 to July 2027.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
So clearly conquest mattered and was worth planning for.
—Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
Still, viewing her objectively is impossible, according to Federico Navarrete, historian at Mexico’s National Autonomous University, because the race and class conflicts left by the conquest persist.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
And of course there’s no forgetting the brutality came with the conquest of the Americas.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
So clearly conquest mattered and was worth planning for.
—Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
Still, viewing her objectively is impossible, according to Federico Navarrete, historian at Mexico’s National Autonomous University, because the race and class conflicts left by the conquest persist.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
And of course there’s no forgetting the brutality came with the conquest of the Americas.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquest
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If the American consensus is that China cheats on trade and dreams of global domination, the Chinese view is that America is just the latest in a long line of colonial powers that plot to keep their country down.—
Christopher Smart,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Chinese plan for space domination looks a lot like the way China came to control markets in 5G or rare earths.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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With Charlotte rookie center Ryan Kalkbrenner dominating on the interior, Drummond came off the bench and grabbed 13 rebounds in 15 minutes.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers have earned the break with a dominating performance over the Milwaukee Brewers, culminating in Shohei Ohtani’s historic exclamation point in Game 4.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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How could the woman who wrote so piercingly about women’s subjugation subjugate herself to not just one but two men?—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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The fight for human rights was an urgent demand that called upon all people—regardless of race, socioeconomic background, gender, or nationality—to fight against the subjugation of Black people everywhere.—
Time,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conquest. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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