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conquering

adjective as in victorious

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Like Alexander the Great, who supposedly wept because there were no more worlds to conquer, Vescovo sets a goal of traveling to the bottom of all five oceans because he needs a new challenge.

Sally Hubbard, the director of enforcement strategy at the Open Markets Institute, explained that the “divide and conquer strategy” is due to resource constraints, “with different enforcers focusing on different aspects of Google’s monopolization.”

It’s a reference to the legend of controversial Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés ordering his ships be torched to eliminate the possibility of retreat when attempting to conquer the Aztec empire.

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Knowing that there were no safe or proven treatments or an effective vaccine, China relied on proven nonpharmaceutical interventions to conquer the epidemic.

They wordlessly divide and conquer, each acting as the other’s external memory.

Historically, conquering armies have seized inhabitants of conquered areas and enslaved them.

You can clink your wine glass and deliver an impassioned speech about conquering the demons that kept you confined in the closet.

“Persecution is good for you” Freeman said, pointing to the Jewish people “conquering” Europe after the Holocaust as an example.

By the time word of military victory reached home, the conquering army might have been destroyed in a subsequent battle.

After a day of missteps in the West Midlands, Farage was treated like a conquering hero when he took the stage.

El Imparcial maintained that he was worthy of being honoured as a 19th century conquering hero.

Even Benny caught the fever of conquering the mischievous water which slipped from their grasp like quicksilver.

On September 14 the conquering army lost sixty-six officers and eleven hundred and four men.

I saw her quite distinctly: tall and commanding, the radiance of all-conquering love in her eyes.

The Scots are a nation of hardy, valiant men, whom the English never would have succeeded in conquering by force of arms.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to conquering, such as: dominating, winning, successful, and triumphant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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