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Conquering

noun

The act of conquering. Synonyms: conquest, subjection, subjugation.

Conquer

verb

(past & past part. conquered; pres. part. conquering)

To put down by force or authority. Synonyms: curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress. "Stamp down on littering" , "Conquer one's desires"

Take possession of by force, as after an invasion. Synonyms: appropriate, capture, seize. "The army seized the town" , "The militia captured the castle"

Overcome by conquest. "Conquer a country"

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... there is no escaping from the inevitable; nevertheless we must exert ourselves to-day, because the dhow does not sail till to-morrow evening, and there is no saying what luck may attend our efforts before that time. Perseverance, you know, is the only sure method of conquering difficulties." ...

— Black Ivory • R.M. Ballantyne

... unifying feeling, and when it reaches a group they become gentle in tone and manners and feel as one. The dream of the reformer has always been the extension of this tender feeling from the baby, from the child and the helpless, to all men, thus abolishing strife, conquering hate, unifying man. This type of love is also paternal, though it is doubtful whether as such it ever reaches the intensity it does in the mother. By a sort of association it spreads to all children, to all little things, to all helpless things, except where ...

— The Foundations of Personality • Abraham Myerson

... the German hordes. Fortresses hitherto considered impregnable were tumbling like ninepins before the terrible smashing of Austrian and German sixteen-inch guns. Already von Kluck with his four hundred thousand of conquering warriors was at ...

— The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land • Ralph Connor

... all the wiles of the Evil One! And Mary Lyon would like to see witch or warlock, ghost or ghostling, that would come in her road when she went forth under His banner." On the darkest night she marched unafraid, conquering and to conquer, having the superstitions born in her, but knowing all the same (and all the better for that knowledge) on which side were the ...

— The Dew of Their Youth • S. R. Crockett

... flames of revolution. Again, the father of the girl to whom Napoleon's fancy turned had been the bitter enemy of the new regime in France. His troops had been beaten by the French in five wars and had been crushed at Austerlitz and at Wagram. Bonaparte had twice entered Vienna at the head of a conquering army, and thrice he had slept in the imperial palace at Schonbrunn, while Francis was fleeing through the dark, a beaten fugitive pursued by the swift squadrons of ...

— Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete - The Romance of Devotion • Lyndon Orr

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