The phrase "act of conquest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or event that involves taking control or possession of a territory or people, often through force.
Example: "The act of conquest led to significant changes in the region's political landscape."
Alternatives: "deed of conquest" or "instance of conquest".
Apparently, Tallulah cared more about the act of conquest than about the sexual act itself.
"Our daydream of adventure, our night-time dream of escape... the sexual act of conquest or submission that we have all longed for... the act of daring we have never attempted... he is our ego asserting itself in its most elemental and selfish fashion".
Although he couldn't have imagined how mass transport, technology and tourism would come to populate the mountain, he was aware that the ascent had burst the bubble of the unknown, that Everest would be forever changed by the act of conquest.
He goes beyond the now standard argument that the earlier conflict was an act of raw conquest justified by the messianic promise of Manifest Destiny.
And in fairness to Rui, the video suggests that his self-appointed representation of Asia looks less like an act of rhetorical conquest than a split-second, if infelicitous, phrase to help him and the President out of an awkward moment.
The consent of local African rulers was frequently misrepresented or evaded, and company operations initially consisted of blatant acts of military conquest.
The Orthodox settle in clusters not as an act of conquest but as a result of religious imperative, since they must be able to walk to a synagogue on Sabbath.
Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas and the rest have somewhat less ambitious goals of conquest, but each uses shocking, deadly acts to build their brand as ruthless fighters to whom resistance is allegedly futile.
Such acts of aggression were not limited to wars against territorial enemies, but could form part of the strategies of conquest, subjugation and punishment of rebellion.
"They are symbols of conquest.
Roman Days: The Age of Conquest.
