Conquer
Conquer verb - To bring under one's control by force of arms.
Keep and conquer are semantically related. in possession topic. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Conquer".
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the Metamor Keep storyverse, Nasoj is quite content to just bide his time instead of making another attempt to destroy the keep and conquer the midlands.
Source: Orcus on His Throne -
This made it easy enough to conquer Dressrosa and keep any would-be dissenters in line, especially with a guy like Trebol as her bodyguard.
Source: Didn't Think This Through - The very first wish ended up being just a gag... a pair of woman's panties by Oolong, done to keep Pilaf from using the dragon to conquer the world.
Source: Mac Guffin / Anime and Manga
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