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
In the 40-minute video, titled Persistence (2025), Cammock, who won the Turner Prize in 2019, mentions Oliver Cromwell’s conquest of Ireland, which included a famine.
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
18 June 2026
To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
In the first 30 days of this assault, Israel killed at least 4,100 children—roughly eight times as many children as Russia killed in 21 months during its war of conquest in Ukraine.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
This provided the key insight on how vaccines work, which in turn led to the twentieth-century conquest of the most common infectious diseases.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
18 June 2026
To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies.
—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
In the first 30 days of this assault, Israel killed at least 4,100 children—roughly eight times as many children as Russia killed in 21 months during its war of conquest in Ukraine.
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
This provided the key insight on how vaccines work, which in turn led to the twentieth-century conquest of the most common infectious diseases.
—
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquest
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Complete domination from Portugal in the first half.
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After all, the statistical domination was quite clear.
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Testimony to this, kids under 12 only represented 4% of the audience for Masters of the Universe during its opening weekend according to Deadline, with the over 35 age group dominating at 57% and the over 45s, who grew up on the original cartoon, coming to 36%.
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Ben Brown’s pitching line didn’t necessarily reflect a dominating outing — one run on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts in five innings — but his start Saturday night against the Giants was one of his best of the season.
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The Civil War breaking out just a century later showcases why white supremacy and the subjugation of Black people and people of color have meant a certain level of instability for many American citizens since the very beginning.
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Baldwin’s position was that the centrality of slavery and racial subjugation in American history could not simply be reversed by legislative fiat.
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conquest. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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