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
Following the conquest of the Philippines, hundreds of American veterans were charged under the vagrancy laws as civilians and deported back to the United States.
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H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
26 June 2026
To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies, a world where the strong dominated the weak, where power and wealth and status flowed through lineage and the many were ruled by the few.
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Hilary Gowins,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Related Stories What these producers share is a conviction that the Canaries’ historical position — as a staging post for conquest, migration and ecological transformation — generates stories with the kind of cross-cultural resonance that buyers in Japan, West Asia and Latin America will recognize.
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Callum McLennan,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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
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H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
26 June 2026
To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies, a world where the strong dominated the weak, where power and wealth and status flowed through lineage and the many were ruled by the few.
—
Hilary Gowins,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Related Stories What these producers share is a conviction that the Canaries’ historical position — as a staging post for conquest, migration and ecological transformation — generates stories with the kind of cross-cultural resonance that buyers in Japan, West Asia and Latin America will recognize.
—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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.
—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
18 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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After Kylian Mbappé's dominating performance against Sweden on Tuesday, France secured its place in Philadelphia's Round of 16 match on the Fourth of July.
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Díaz’s dominating force in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations won him the tournament’s golden boot and secured Morocco’s place in the final.
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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 5 Jul. 2026.
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