conquer

/ˈkɒŋkər/ verb

Translation

LAND/PEOPLE [I, T] › to take control of a country or to defeat people by war

fethetmek, ele geçirmek, zaptetmek

Peru was conquered by the Spanish in 1532.708

PROBLEM [T] › to succeed in stopping or dealing with a bad feeling or a difficult problem

yenmek, başetmek, üstesinden gelmek

He has finally conquered his fear of spiders.1098

(Definition of conquer verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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