conquest
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conquests
Britannica Dictionary definition of CONQUEST
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the act of taking control of a country, city, etc., through the use of force
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tales of the ancient army's conquests
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the Norman Conquest [=the conquest of England by the Normans in 1066]
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tales of military conquest
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a country, city, etc., that an army has taken control of through the use of force
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Napoleon's conquests
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a person someone has succeeded in having a romantic and especially a sexual relationship with
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She was one of his many conquests.
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people who boast about their sexual/amorous conquests
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success in defeating or dealing with something difficult or dangerous
— usually + of
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the conquest of space/nature/disease
