Conquer and Raze

Conquer

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

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

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

Usage example: an entire city block razed by a terrible fire

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Conquer and raze are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conquer" instead a verb "Raze".

Nearby Word: razing

area	conquer area	raze area
land	conquer land	raze land
place	conquer place	raze place
army	conquer army	raze army
Other words: earth, world, region, territory, country, continent, kingdom, empire, surface, planet, anyone, town, city, lands, enemies, countries, worlds, cities, islands.

Semi-averted in the sequel and standalone expansion, in which you need to raze or conquer all enemy cities containing a wizard tower before destroying said leader unit becomes possible.

Source: Video Game / Age of Wonders
There's also fun subversion to this; if they are at war with a proper civ and you donate enough units, they can conquer a city of that civ, and if the city is a former capital or has a wonder, they won't have the option to raze and will keep it instead.

Source: Video Game / Civilization
To make matters worse, corruption and disease are rampant, and it turns out that all those barbarian tribes are actually fleeing from the Huns, who will show up on your border around turn 100, and unlike everyone else, don't conquer and settle, but simply raze towns to the ground and move on.

Source: Hopeless War