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
Dry riverbeds, or wadis, that once flowed into or out of the Nile provided land routes of trade, conquest and mining expeditions from the Nile River to the Red Sea.
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Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
That realization became the seed of her writing on slow dating, which reframes love as an unfolding rather than a conquest.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Wars that lasted a hundred years, wars between Lutherans and Catholics and between Christians and Muslims, the siege of Constantinople, Mitteleuropa’s peasant rebellions, the lowland’s revolt against Spain, England’s conquest of Ireland.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The Qing dynastic efforts to integrate Taiwan into the empire were not about wealth or conquest.
—David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
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Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
That realization became the seed of her writing on slow dating, which reframes love as an unfolding rather than a conquest.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
Wars that lasted a hundred years, wars between Lutherans and Catholics and between Christians and Muslims, the siege of Constantinople, Mitteleuropa’s peasant rebellions, the lowland’s revolt against Spain, England’s conquest of Ireland.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
The Qing dynastic efforts to integrate Taiwan into the empire were not about wealth or conquest.
—David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquest
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The Row continued its domination in austere accessories.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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But over the past year, YouTube’s domination of The Gauge has unnerved executives at some competitors.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 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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Skinny jeans may have been a dominating fashion trend at one point, but the denim silhouette has officially been dethroned by relaxed styles, according to celebrities.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
18 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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