conquest Play nounThe subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force. SYNONYMS acquisitionannexationannihilationappropriationbeatingcaningcaptureclobberingconqueringcrushingdefeatdrubbinggainhammeringinvasionmassacremasterymurderoccupationoverpoweringoverrunningoverthrowroutseizingseizuresubduingsubjectionsubjugationtakeoverthrashingtriumph overtrouncingvanquishingvanquishmentvictory (over)
