Conquer and Devastate

Conquer

Conquer verb - To bring under one's control by force of arms.

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Devastate and conquer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Devastate" instead a verb "Conquer".

Devastate verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Usage example: the explosion devastated an entire city block

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Conquer and devastate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conquer" instead a verb "Devastate".

life	conquer life	devastate life
area	conquer area	devastate area
rest	conquer rest	devastate rest
China	conquer China	devastate China
Other words: army, universe, earth, world, region, country, surface, planet, city, galaxy, fortress, Britain, enemies, foes, worlds, planets, cities.

Princess Olga of Kiev, who with a combination of cunning, ruthlessness, and plain taking advantage of people underestimating her for being a woman, managed to devastate and conquer the neighboring principality of Dereva who had killed her husband.

Source: Badass Princess

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