Conquest and Suppression

Conquest

Conquest noun - The act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control.

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Suppression and conquest are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Suppression" with "Conquest", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Word: conquer

Suppression noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.

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Conquest and suppression are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conquest" instead a noun "Suppression".

human	human conquest	human suppression
good	good conquest	good suppression
total	total conquest	total suppression
brutal	brutal conquest	brutal suppression
Other adjectives: successful, constant, violent, vicious, political, bloody, outright, further, inevitable, subsequent, soviet, armed, genocidal.

In It Can't Happen Here, the Windrip regime is led by a charismatic dictator and characterized by racism, jingoism, vicious suppression of dissent, concentration camps, and foolish wars of conquest.

Source: A Nazi by Any Other Name
Tennis matches against rival schools are referred to as "armed suppression" and considered part of a larger pattern of conquest.

Source: Anime / Kill la Kill
There are several instances of this in the Belisarius Series including the suppression of the revolts in Constantinople and Alexandria, Belisarius' stand in Charax, and Damadora's final conquest of Kausumbi.

Source: Urban Warfare

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