CONQUER

• (verb) to put down by force or authority

  "suppress a nascent uprising", "stamp down on littering", "conquer one's desires"

  synonyms : curb , inhibit , stamp down , subdue , suppress

  The management curbed the agitation of the workers by threatening to reduce their salary. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (verb) overcome by conquest

  "conquer your fears", "conquer a country"

• (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion

  "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants", "The army seized the town", "The militia captured the castle"

  synonyms : appropriate , capture , seize

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