Conquer and Pacify

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

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

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

Usage example: additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified

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Conquer and pacify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conquer" instead a verb "Pacify".

humanity	conquer humanity	pacify humanity
people	conquer people	pacify people
race	conquer race	pacify race
region	conquer region	pacify region
Other words: country, republic, kingdom, hell, town, east, everyone, humans, japan, island, enemies, planets, tribes, territories.

Those Italian soldiers would have been sons or grandsons of men who fought to conquer and "pacify" the nation formerly known as Italian East Africa (now a part of Somalia) and who, under Mussolini, fought there with great brutality to the natives.

Source: Sociopathic Soldier

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