Break
Conquer
Conquer verb - To bring under one's control by force of arms.
Usage example: before his final defeat, Napoléon had managed to conquer much of Europe
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Throughout every series, they're constantly trying to play their opponents off each other or break up the Federation-Klingon alliance to make it easier to conquer them in the long run.
Source: Divide and Conquer - Trapped in the Past: Sarah wants to break the mirror to keep Janus from using it to conquer the world.
Source: Literature / Obsidian Mirror -
Eventually, the Muscovite state grew strong enough to first break free from Mongol rule and then conquer all the remnants of the Golden Horde.
Source: The Quisling
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