conquered

3 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force, or to defeat someone in a game or competition:

The Spanish conquered the New World in the 16th century.

The English were conquered by the Normans in 1066.

to deal with or successfully fight against a problem or an unreasonable fear:

conquer your fear He has finally conquered his fear of spiders.

It may be many years before this dreadful disease is conquered.