Thesaurus / conquer
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Whoever sends more soldiers to a given castle conquers that castle and wins its victory points.
THE FIFTH BATTLE FOR RIDDLER NATIONZACH WISSNER-GROSSSEPTEMBER 4, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTTo make the numbers, Tesla needs to conquer an additional one-fifth of the entire global luxury car market.
TESLA HAS A BUSINESS MODEL PROBLEM: IT CAN NEVER JUSTIFY ITS CURRENT STOCK PRICE BY SIMPLY MAKING CARSSHAWN TULLYAUGUST 29, 2020FORTUNEMany times, I’ve tried and failed to turn myself into one of those righteous dawn patrollers, who have conquered all of their demons and will inherit the Earth.
THE SUBLIME AGONY OF HOT-WEATHER RUNNINGMARTIN FRITZ HUBERAUGUST 27, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEPerhaps in Term Two the president can conquer the literal and figurative gridlock.
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: GO INSIDE TRUMP’S SECOND TERMDANIEL MALLOYAUGUST 23, 2020OZYNFL wide receiver Chris Hogan has now conquered the AFC East after signing on Sunday with the New York Jets, completing a doable but pretty uncommon feat across sports.
THE SUMMER OF PLAYOFFSSARAH SHACHATAUGUST 18, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTFor these brands—and really any brand—conquering third-party sellers can seem daunting at first, but there’s no shortage of hacks and maneuvers to deploy.
DEEP DIVE: HOW TO MASTER AMAZON ADVERTISING IN THE NEW NORMALDIGIDAYJULY 29, 2020DIGIDAYTo-day men of science are trying to conquer the horrors of cancer and smallpox, and rabies and consumption.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDIt was the spiritual way, whose method and secret lie in that subtle paradox: Yield to conquer.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODTheir standards had nothing in common; in the one honour could conquer ambition, in the other ambition knew no rules of honour.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONNorman went slowly down, with failing knees, hardly able to conquer the shudder that came over him, as he passed those rooms.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGEWORDS RELATED TO CONQUER
- administer
- boss
- charge
- check
- coach
- coerce
- compel
- conduct
- conquer
- constrain
- control
- curb
- determine
- dictate
- direct
- dominate
- domineer
- exact
- exercise power
- force
- govern
- guide
- have authority
- head
- hinder
- hold office
- influence
- lead
- manage
- officiate
- oppress
- overbear
- override
- predominate
- prescribe
- preside over
- prevail
- push
- regulate
- reign
- reign over
- repress
- restrain
- run
- stop
- subdue
- superintend
- supervise
- sway
- take over
- tyrannize
- wield
- adjures
- appoints
- authorizes
- bans
- bars
- beckons
- bids
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- force upon
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- grants
- imposes
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- inhibits
- instructs
- interdicts
- lies down the law
- marks out
- obliges
- ordains
- orders
- ordinates
- proclaims
- prohibits
- puts foot down
- requires
- requisitions
- restrains
- rules out
- sends for
- sets
- subpoenas
- summons
- takes charge
- takes lead
- tasks
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- warns
- annul
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- beat
- block
- cancel
- check
- circumvent
- confront
- conquer
- counter
- counteract
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- dash
- dash one's hope
- defeat
- depress
- discourage
- dishearten
- foil
- forbid
- forestall
- foul up
- give the runaround
- halt
- hang up
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- lick
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- obstruct
- obviate
- outwit
- overcome
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- render null and void
- ruin
- stump
- stymie
- upset the apple cart
- abase
- abash
- base
- bemean
- blister
- break
- bring down
- bring low
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- conquer
- crush
- cut down to size
- debase
- degrade
- demean
- denigrate
- deny
- depress
- discomfit
- discountenance
- disgrace
- dishonor
- downplay
- humble
- lower
- make a fool of
- make ashamed
- mortify
- pan
- play down
- put out of countenance
- put to shame
- rip
- run down
- shame
- shoot down
- slam
- smear
- snub
- squash
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
- vanquish
- wither
- abases
- abashes
- bases
- bemeans
- blisters
- breaks
- brings down
- brings low
- casts down
- chagrins
- chastens
- confounds
- confuses
- conquers
- crushes
- cuts down to size
- debases
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- demeans
- denies
- denigrates
- depresses
- discomfits
- discountenances
- disgraces
- dishonors
- downplays
- humbles
- lowers
- makes a fool of
- makes ashamed
- mortifies
- pans
- plays down
- puts out of countenance
- puts to shame
- rips
- runs down
- shames
- shoots down
- slams
- smears
- snubs
- squashes
- subdues
- takes down
- takes down a peg
- tears down
- vanquishes
- withers
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