Conquer and Starve

Conquer

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

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

Starve

Starve verb - Die of food deprivation.

Conquer and starve are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conquer" instead a verb "Starve".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Vandal Hearts Daldren Gray in Flames of Judgment wants to wipe out a rival country in a quick, brutal campaign — because if he doesn't conquer their fields, his country will starve.
  • Always Chaotic Evil With an increase in dark magic, their populations can suddenly explode and their resources can't support them anymore, so they have to conquer the other races/each other or starve.
  • Godzilla Threshold When the invasion is revealed to be the Flood who proceeds to conquer two-and-a-half galaxies, some of the heroes wonder if the crazy killer might have a point once Cortana insists the only way to stop the invasion is to starve it to death by eliminating all sapient life.
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