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 bleak truth, Wilson suggested, is that people like joining armies of conquest.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
McIlroy won the Open Championship in 2014, PGA Championship in 2012 and U.S. Open in 2011 to set him up for Sunday’s historic conquest.
—Lauren Merola, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The easy takeover of the city cheered Continental troops into thinking that Quebec City, the last bastion of British control in the province, was but the final victory in an inevitable chain of conquests.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Confident of easy conquest, they were instead met by poor, brown, Indigenous Mexican fighters who refused to kneel.
—Hashim Coates, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
McIlroy won the Open Championship in 2014, PGA Championship in 2012 and U.S. Open in 2011 to set him up for Sunday’s historic conquest.
—Lauren Merola, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The easy takeover of the city cheered Continental troops into thinking that Quebec City, the last bastion of British control in the province, was but the final victory in an inevitable chain of conquests.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
Confident of easy conquest, they were instead met by poor, brown, Indigenous Mexican fighters who refused to kneel.
—Hashim Coates, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conquest
domination
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Will the domination over the Carolina Hurricanes remain?—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
25 May 2025
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Augustine was concerned about the human lust for domination, and how leaders and institutions needed to work to put boundaries on unchecked power.—
Ruth Graham,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conquest. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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