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Word:
conquest
IPA transcription: [k'ɑŋkwɛst]
Pronunciations of conquest
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation
Meaning:
the act of conquering
Synonyms:
conquest
Meaning:
success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space"
Usage examples
Was this the right of conquest?
We desire no conquest, no dominion.
Somerset, and Devon, and make an entire conquest of Cornwall.
This ship, like this handsome suit of clothes, is mine by right of conquest.
The second period began in 529 B.C. with the conquest of the country by Cambyses.
For that sound was the shouting of the Drilgoes as they rushed forward to conquest.
He was evidently bent upon conquest, and vain enough to think he might achieve it by virtue of his personal attractions.
Nay, nor would it be politic for one who holds his possessions in England by the right of conquest to question the virtue of the deed.
To go a step further, if in 1066 the result of the Norman Conquest had been wired to some of these stars, the message would still be on its way.
Of these six events the two that belong to the second period are, the conquest of the land by the Arabs and its subsequent seizure by the Turks.
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Ottoman Empire
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William the Conqueror
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Canadians
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Alexandra of Denmark
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2012 phenomenon
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Age of Empires
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First Crusade
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Sogdian language
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