conquest
noun
the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
reconquest
-
a word derived from
conquest.
Example Sentences
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Following the reconquest of Spain by the Catholic monarchs, Madrid was converted into Spain’s royal court and capital in 1561 by Felipe II.
From Washington Times ● May 22, 2023
The problem with Justinian’s wars, both the reconquest in the west and the ongoing battles with the Persians in the east, was that they were enormously expensive.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Only in 1529, with the defeat of Suleiman the Magnificent’s army at Vienna, did the reconquest of eastern Europe begin.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2016
But for resentment to turn into revanchism — an active policy of reconquest — requires opportunity.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2015
In 1691 Massachusetts, Plymouth, Maine, and Acadia were consolidated into the Province of Massachusetts Bay, but the immediate reconquest of Acadia by the French made the new charter inoperative in that region.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
