conquest

[US]/ˈkɒŋkwest/
[UK]/ˈkɑːŋkwest/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. capture, defeat, overcome

Phrases & Collocations

norman conquest

Example Sentences

the conquest of inflation.

the conquest of Qomolangma .

the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish.

Mexico's hybrid post-conquest culture.

They succeeded in the conquest of that city.

The pianist made a conquest of every audience for which she played.

Steve seems to have made a real conquest of Lily.They're always together.

The revanche du berceau (“revenge of the cradle”) dreamed of by some romantic nationalists as retaliation for the British conquest of 1759 didn't seem so far-fetched.

Myra Jehlen argues that Emerson's vision of man coming into his godship through the conquest of nature reads suspiciously like an apology for westward expansion.

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