humble, overthrow, subject,
checkmate, master, prevail over, subjugate,
crush, overcome, put down, surmount,
defeat, overmaster, reduce, vanquish,
discomfit, overmatch, rout, win,
down, overpower, subdue, worst.

To _defeat_ an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to _vanquish_
is to win a signal victory; to _conquer_ is to _overcome_ so effectually
that the victory is regarded as final. _Conquer_, in many cases, carries
the idea of possession; as, to _conquer_ respect, affection, peace, etc.
A country is _conquered_ when its armies are defeated and its territory
is occupied by the enemy; it may be _subjected_ to indemnity or to
various disabilities; it is _subjugated_ when it is held helplessly and
continuously under military control; it is _subdued_ when all resistance
has died out. An army is _defeated_ when forcibly driven back; it is
_routed_ when it is converted into a mob of fugitives. Compare BEAT.

Antonyms:

capitulate, fail, fly, lose, retire, submit, surrender,
cede, fall, forfeit, resign, retreat, succumb, yield.

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CONSCIOUS.

Synonyms:

advised, assured, certain, cognizant, sensible,
apprised, aware, certified, informed, sure.

One is _aware_ of that which exists without him; he is _conscious_ of
the inner workings of his own mind. _Sensible_ may be used in the exact
sense of _conscious_, or it may partake of both the senses mentioned
above. One may be _sensible_ of his own or another's error; he is
_conscious_ only of his own. A person may feel _assured_ or _sure_ of
something false or non-existent; what he is _aware_ of, still more what
he is _conscious_ of, must be fact. _Sensible_ has often a reference to
the emotions where _conscious_ might apply only to the intellect; to say
a culprit is _sensible_ of his degradation is more forcible than to say
he is _conscious_ of it.

Antonyms:

cold, dead, deaf, ignorant, insensible, unaware, unconscious.

Preposition:

On the stormy sea, man is conscious _of_ the limitation of human power.

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CONSEQUENCE.

Synonyms:

consequent, end, issue, outgrowth, sequel,
effect, event, outcome, result, upshot.

_Effect_ is the strongest of these words; it is that which is directly
produced by the action of