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Example sentences for: conquering

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Ashoka began by killing all his rivals before conquering Kalinga in 260 b.c.
Even if the Taliban succeeds in conquering the entire country, many areas will remain subject to guerrilla warfare.
When this province was endangered by fresh attacks from the north, Julius Caesar himself took charge, conquering practically the whole of Gaul by 50 b.c.
To prove his point, he cites figures suggesting that as many as 2 million German women had been raped by the conquering Red Army between 1945 and 1946.
Later, when Byzantium threatened its eastern trading privileges, Venice persuaded the armies of the Fourth Crusade to attack Constantinople in 1204; conquering Byzantium strengthened its position even more.