conquer
[verb]
Synonyms:
- defeat, beat, crush, get the better of, master, overcome, overpower, overthrow, quell, subjugate, vanquish
- seize, acquire, annex, obtain, occupy, overrun, win

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Contrasted words: bow, cave, give up, succumb, yield, capitulate, submit, surrender
Related Idioms: bring one to one's knees, trample in the dust, trample underfoot
Related Words: baffle, balk, circumvent, foil, frustrate, outwit, override, thwart, bend, control, master, overmaster, subject, worst

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

con‧quer /ˈkɒŋkə $ ˈkɑːŋkər/ verb
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: conquerre, from Latin conquirere 'to look for, collect', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + quaerere 'to ask, search']

1. [intransitive and transitive] to get control of a country by fighting:
The Normans conquered England in 1066.
Egypt was conquered by the Persian King Kambyses.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to defeat an enemy:
The Zulus conquered all the neighbouring tribes.

3. [transitive] to gain control over something that is difficult, using a lot of effort
conquer your nerves/fear
She was determined to conquer her fear of flying.
efforts to conquer inflation
drugs to conquer the disease

4. [transitive] to succeed in climbing to the top of a mountain when no one has ever climbed it before:
an attempt to conquer the peaks of Everest

5. [transitive] to become very successful in a place:
In the last few years, the company has succeeded in conquering the European market.
—conqueror noun [countable]
—conquering adjective:
conquering heroes

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