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单词 conquest
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conquest

noun

con·​quest ˈkän-ˌkwest How to pronounce conquest (audio)
ˈkäŋ-;
ˈkäŋ-kwəst
1
: the act or process of conquering
2
a
: something conquered
especially : territory appropriated in war
b
: a person whose favor or hand has been won

Synonyms

  • dominating
  • domination
  • overpowering
  • subduing
  • subjecting
  • subjection
  • subjugating
  • subjugation
  • vanquishing
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Example Sentences

tales of the ancient army's conquests She was one of his many conquests. people who boast about their sexual conquests
Recent Examples on the Web The show suggests Aegon's original conquest of Westeros, which led to creation of the Iron Throne in the first place, was actually driven by his knowledge that the White Walkers were coming and the realm would need to stand united against them. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 22 Aug. 2022 Plenty of delusions led to Vladimir Putin’s attempted conquest of Ukraine, and one of the biggest was assuming that the war would weaken NATO. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 May 2022 Its conquest and long rule was often violent, but the Romans also built roads and established towns such as Londinium and Durovernum Cantiacorum, today London and Canterbury. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 Seated in his office at the Beit Chabad Synagogue, Rabbi Wolff noted that Russian conquest had removed Crimea in 2014 and the city of Kherson in 2022 from his authority. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 India’s emblem, adopted in 1950, is modeled after a sculpture dating back more than 2,000 years to the reign of Emperor Ashoka, who famously renounced armed conquest to take up Buddhism and promote peace. Shefali Anand, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022 Hitler had promised conquest and Lebensraum; instead, Aryan zeal was muzzled, Aryan belief bludgeoned. Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 No call out of centuries of British bloody conquest and plunder. Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Mar. 2022 Picking up the book on a break from work or life can offer a bitesize escape, or drive a dagger into someone else's table and delve deep to plan your conquest as the future scourge of the Astral Sea! Goldie Chan, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirere

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

conquest

noun

con·​quest ˈkän-ˌkwest How to pronounce conquest (audio)
1
: the act or process of getting or gaining especially by force
2
: something that is gotten or gained especially by force

conquest

noun

as in dominating
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dominating
  • domination
  • subjugation
  • takeover
  • victory
  • subjection
  • subduing
  • subjugating
  • overpowering
  • vanquishing
  • subjecting
  • win
  • winning
  • defeat
  • enslavement
  • triumph
  • whipping
  • trimming
  • licking
  • drubbing
  • beating
  • trouncing
  • shellacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • liberation
  • emancipation
  • release
  • freeing
  • enfranchisement
  • manumission
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