conquer
verb (used with object)
to acquire by force of arms; win in war.
half-conquered
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a word derived from
conquer.
Example Sentences
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Of all the world's half-conquered but still-resisting nations, China has fought the longest.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You have half-conquered it by coming away, and you will complete the victory by returning."
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton
It was at this moment that Louis Napoleon made up his mind that an Emperor was what Mexico needed, and sent out the unfortunate Archduke Maximilian to rule a wild, boisterous, and only half-conquered people.
From The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
‘I feel,’ were his words as the autumn advanced, ‘as if I was at the head of a provisional government in a half-conquered country.’
From Lord John Russell by Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson) Reid
Yakoob Beg had no such certain source of revenue; he had to raise from an impoverished and only half-conquered state a sum almost as large as that required by the Chinese.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
