breakdown vs conquest

breakdown

noun
  • A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability. 

  • A loss of organization (of the parts of a system). 

  • A failure, particularly mechanical in nature. 

  • Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo. 

  • The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music. 

  • Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements. 

  • Something that has experienced a mechanical failure. 

  • A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required. 

  • The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator. 

  • Listing, division or categorization in great detail. 

  • A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre. 

conquest

noun
  • An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle. 

  • Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy. 

  • That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral. 

  • A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags. 

  • A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections. 

verb
  • To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor. 

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