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US
/ˈkɑŋkɝ/
]
[ UK /kˈɒnkɐ/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒnkɐ/ ]
VERB
-
bring under control by force or authority
conquer one's desires
stamp down on littering
suppress a nascent uprising -
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 -
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.