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conquerverb to bring under one's control by force of armsbefore his final defeat, Napoléon had managed to conquer much of Europe dominate, overpower, pacify, subdue, subject, subjugate, subordinate, vanquish annihilate, beat, clobber, crush, defeat, drub, lick, mow (down), overcome, prevail (over), reduce, rout, skunk, smash, thrash, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whipenslavebreak, clamp down (on), crack down (on), put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, smother, snuff (out), squash, squelch, suppress discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter to achieve a victory overlove conquers all, or so romance novels would have us believe beat, best, defeat, dispatch, do down(British), get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst sweepedge (out), nose out, pip(British)annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke(slang), snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax(slang), whipcap, excel, flourish, score, succeedknock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquishace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend get the better of, knock for a loop lose (to) fall, give up, go down, go undercollapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out to achieve victory (as in a contest)a coach who demands that his team conquer, whatever the cost prevail, triumph, win overcome, sweepsqueak, squeezecontend, viesucceedbreeze, romp carry the daykick butt lose collapse, fail, flop, fold, wash outflounder, struggledecline, slip, slump, wane conquer, vanquish, defeat, subdue, reduce, overcome, overthrow mean to get the better of by force or strategy.conquer implies gaining mastery of.Caesar conquered Gaul vanquish implies a complete overpowering.vanquished the enemy and ended the war defeat does not imply the finality or completeness of vanquish which it otherwise equals.the Confederates defeated the Union forces at Manassas subdue implies a defeating and suppression.subdued the native tribes after years of fighting reduce implies a forcing to capitulate or surrender.the city was reduced after a month-long siege overcome suggests getting the better of with difficulty or after hard struggle.overcame a host of bureaucratic roadblocks overthrow stresses the bringing down or destruction of existing power.violently overthrew the old regime in the 14th century |