(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If one country or group of people ~s another, they take complete control of their land.
During 1936, Mussolini ~ed Abyssinia...
Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again ~ed by the Vikings.
VERB: V n, be V-ed
2.
If you ~ something such as a problem, you succeed in ending it or dealing with it successfully.
He has never ~ed his addiction to smoking.
...the first man in history to ~ Everest.
VERB: V n, V n