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[ US /ˈkɑŋkɝ/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒnkɐ/ ]
VERB
  1. bring under control by force or authority
    conquer one's desires
    stamp down on littering
    suppress a nascent uprising
  2. take possession of by force, as after an invasion
    The militia captured the castle
    the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
    The army seized the town
  3. overcome by conquest
    conquer a country
    conquer your fears

How To Use conquer In A Sentence

  • They conquered the southern part of the country in a few months.
  • And if you ever attempt to go forth again to find out new wonders in the world, I shall clasp you round with my arms, as I do now, and keep you prisoner against your will; and if you say 'Farewell' a hundred times to me, I shall blot out that sad word every time with my lips, and put a better one in its place, until my word conquers yours. A Crystal Age
  • A country which once conquered the commercial world now fails to make the most of the global market place.
  • Recollecting the day he saw Napoleon on the street, the poet imagines what must be the tumult of thoughts behind Caesar's moveless mask-the cities, the factories, the armies rising in the conqueror's dream of power.
  • Prayer, and receive the Sacrament every day; because they do not subject and submit themselves wholly and entirely to him that hath Light, nor deny and conquer themselves, nor give up themselves totally to God, with a perfect divesting and disinteresting of themselves: In a word, till the Soul be purified in the Fire of Inward Pain, it will never get to a State of The spiritual guide which disentangles the soul / by Michael de Molinos ; edited with an introduction by Kathleen Lyttelton and a note by H. Scott Holland.
  • We have conquered the uter space,but not our inner space.
  • The divided and conquered nature of the country has made it easy for oil to be tapped without raising the ire of countries worldwide.
  • That was built at about the time William the Conqueror was bonking Anglo-Saxons on the head.
  • But even with an infinite amount of money, aging could not be conquered.
  • If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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