Conquer
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Video Game / Vandal Hearts -
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.
Source: Always Chaotic Evil -
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.
Source: Godzilla Threshold
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Starve and Conquer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conquer/starve
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