conquest
Example Sentences
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If Pericles’ funeral oration is a landmark of democratic virtue, the amoral facts of pure force become explicit in the “Melian dialogue” following the Athenian conquest of the neutral island of Melos in 415 B.C.:
In “The Man in the High Castle,” Nazism is imposed on America by conquest, though some citizens take to it eagerly.
From New York Times
The New Kingdom was a period of unparalleled prosperity, military conquest, and cultural achievement in Ancient Egyptian history.
From Science Daily
Looking to the past, that approach requires treating the historic Zionist conquest as somewhere between necessary and immaculate.
From Salon
This is based on an Old Testament-based worldview fusing Christian and American identities, rooted in parallels between America and Israel, which was commanded to maintain cultural and blood purity, often through war, conquest and separatism.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
