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conquer

v.

To gain control over
surmount, prevail over, capture, overcome; see succeed 1, win 1.
To defeat
subdue, overcome, vanquish; see defeat 2.

conquer implies gaining mastery over someone or something by physical, mental, or moral force to conquer bad habits; vanquish implies a thorough overpowering or frustrating, often in a single conflict or battle a vanquished army; to defeat is to win a victory over or get the better of, often only for the time being the defeated troops rallied and counterattacked; overcome implies the overpowering of an antagonist or the surmounting of difficulties; to subdue is to defeat so as to break the spirit of resistance; to subjugate is to bring under complete subjection; overthrow implies a victory in which a prevailing power is dislodged by force; to rout is to defeat so overwhelmingly that the enemy is put to disorderly flight

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verb

To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition:

beat, best, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. (Informal) trim, whip. (Slang) ace, lick. Idioms: carry (or win) the day, get (or have) the best of, get (or have) the better of, go someone one better. See win