Synonyms and antonyms of Invading and taking control by force in British Thesaurus

invade (verb)

to take or send an army into another country in order to get control of it

occupy (verb)

to be in control of a place that you have entered in a group using military force

suppress (verb)

to stop opposition or protest using military force or strict laws

seize (verb)

to take control of a place or situation using military force

conquer (verb)

to take control of land or people using soldiers

storm (verb)

to use force to enter a place and take control of it

annex (verb)

to take control of a country or region by force

subjugate (verb)

to defeat a place or a group of people and force them to obey you

subdue (verb)

formal to defeat a place or a group of people, and to take control of them

besiege (verb)

to surround a place with an army and prevent the people there from getting food and supplies, as a way of getting control of it

capture (verb)

to get equipment or control of a place from your enemy during a war

capture (noun)

the act of getting control of something from your enemy during a war

colonial (adjective)

relating to a system or period in which one country rules another

colonise ()

a British spelling of colonize

colonize (verb)

to take control of another country by going to live there or by sending people to live there

conqueror (noun)

someone who has taken control of land or people by force

conquest (noun)

the process of taking control of land or people during a war

conquest (noun)

the land or people that a more powerful army or government has taken control of during a war

dictatorial (adjective)

used about someone who takes and keeps power in a country by force

ethnic cleansing (noun)

the use of violence to force people from a particular ethnic group to leave an area

fall (verb)

if a place falls in a war, a different army takes control of it

gain ground ()

to get control of more of an area in a war

hold (verb)

if an army holds an area, it has control of it and stops the enemy from getting control of it

invader (noun)

a country, army etc that uses force to enter another country

invasion (noun)

an occasion when one country’s army goes into another country to take control of it by force

liberate (verb)

to make a place or the people in it free from soldiers who have been controlling it

occupation (noun)

the action of going into a place and taking control away from the people or government there

occupier (noun)

a member of a group that is in control of a place that they have entered using military force

overrun (verb)

to defeat an enemy in war and take the land that they control

partisan (noun)

a member of a group that continues to fight secretly against an enemy who has taken control of its country

possession (noun)

a country’s possessions are other countries that it governs

recapture (verb)

to use force to take control of an area again

repression (noun)

the use of force or violence to control people

resistance (noun)

a secret organization that fights against the group that controls their country

retake (verb)

to take control of a place again using military force

seizure (noun)

the action of taking something or taking control of something, especially using power or force

siege (noun)

an attack in which an army surrounds a castle or city in order to prevent the people inside from receiving food and water

swallow up ()

to take control of a smaller company or country

takeover (noun)

an act of taking control of a country or organization by an army, group etc, especially by force

take something by storm ()

to take control of a place using force and violence

tie down ()

to force a group of soldiers to stay in one place