Conquest - English meaning

noun

Complete destruction or obliteration.

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The threat of global annihilation

noun

Complete destruction, so that nothing or no one is left

Usage examples:

During the cold war the threat of nuclear annihilation was always on people's minds., the candidate…

noun

Complete defeat

Usage examples:

The candidate suffered annihilation at the polls.

noun

A punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly.

Usage examples:

If he got dirt on his clothes he'd get a beating

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

The act of hitting someone hard and repeatedly

Usage examples:

He escaped a beating., fig. this chair has taken a beating over the years (= been used often and da…

verb

Hit (someone) hard.

Usage examples:

If he does that i'll clobber him!

verb

Add enamelled decoration to (porcelain).

Usage examples:

The hateful practice of clobbering oriental porcelain, already begun, pointed a cheap and easy way …

noun

Clothing, personal belongings, or equipment.

Usage examples:

I found all his clobber in the locker

verb

Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.

Usage examples:

He conquered cyprus

verb

Present participle of conquer

Usage examples:

The spanish conquered the new world in the 16th century., the english were conquered by the normans…

verb

To take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force

Usage examples:

The spanish conquered the new world in the 16th century., the english were conquered by the normans…

adjective

Causing overwhelming disappointment or embarrassment.

Usage examples:

The news came as a crushing blow

verb

Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

Usage examples:

The front of his car was crushed in the collision

adjective

Severe

Usage examples:

Crushing blow the news came as a crushing blow., crushing defeat their army had suffered a crushing…

verb

Win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat.

Usage examples:

Garibaldi defeated the neapolitan army

noun

An instance of defeating or being defeated.

Usage examples:

A 1–0 defeat by grimsby

verb

To oppose and cause someone to lose in a competition or war so that you can win

Usage examples:

Bill clinton defeated george bush for the presidency in 1992., [ u ] in the american civil war, the…

noun

The action or sound of hammering something.

Usage examples:

I walked up the stairs in the balcony, hearing my own footsteps which sounded like someone hammering.

verb

Hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object.

Usage examples:

He hammered the tack in

noun

To decrease suddenly and by a large amount in price or value

Usage examples:

Profits will take a hammering when cheap copycat products come on to the market.

noun

Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity.

Usage examples:

She played with some mastery

noun

Great skill in a particular job or activity

Usage examples:

Louis armstrong’s mastery of the trumpet is legendary., only a singer of fitzgerald's mastery could…

noun

Complete control of something

Usage examples:

Her mastery of the situation

adjective

Extremely strong or intense; overwhelming.

Usage examples:

A feeling of overpowering sadness

verb

Defeat or overcome with superior strength.

Usage examples:

He overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station

adjective

Too strong to be able to continue or resist

Usage examples:

Firefighters were driven back by the overpowering heat of the flames., there's an overpowering smel…

verb

Remove forcibly from power.

Usage examples:

Military coups which had attempted to overthrow the king

noun

A removal from power.

Usage examples:

The speeches called for the overthrow of the monarchy

noun

A disorderly retreat of defeated troops.

Usage examples:

The retreat degenerated into a rout

verb

Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder.

Usage examples:

In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed

verb

Cut a groove, or any pattern not extending to the edges, in (a wooden or metal surface).

Usage examples:

You routed each plank all along its length

verb

Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person).

Usage examples:

She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud

noun

The action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.

Usage examples:

The colonial subjugation of a country by means of brute military force

noun

The act of defeating people or a country and ruling them in a way that allows them no freedom

Usage examples:

They are bravely resisting subjugation by their more powerful neighbours., the subjugation of women…

verb

Defeat heavily in a contest.

Usage examples:

Essex trounced cambridgeshire 5–1 in the final

noun

A serious defeat

Usage examples:

The party's trouncing in the last election, major changes are expected in the team following their …

verb

Defeat thoroughly.

Usage examples:

He successfully vanquished his rival

verb

Present participle of vanquish

Usage examples:

Napoleon was vanquished at the battle of waterloo in 1815., the vanquished army surrendered their w…

noun

The thorough defeat of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

The vanquishment of their enemies