Wiktionary
n. A military conflict where one state, nation, or people conquers or attempt to conquer another; a conquering war.
Usage examples of "war of conquest".
Egypt by an effort threw off the foreigner under a Pharoah Psammetichus I, and under Necho II attempted a war of conquest in Syria.
Such a wave of enthusiasm and rejoicing as swept the land is frequently the signal for a war of conquest.
Nations had no real desire to have strong magick academies because the first one of them to produce a Kirun could begin a war of conquest against its neighbors.
Come, Kodell, in the five-century history of the Foundation, when have we fought a war of conquest?
These were laughing and talking together as gaily as if they had gathered for a picnic instead of a war of conquest.
These people could conceive of local conflicts but never a war of conquest.
Then a fair amount of work went into wiping out the actual background of the war, making it seem a war of conquest that failed due to supply lines and such, and all trace of the Straight Gate was erased, except, of course, from memories and oral traditions.
At worse, one could conclude that Dumar and Sturinn plan a war of conquest in Liedwahr.
If you hadn't settled on Cartann running everything, through a war of conquest, as the only way to get your job done.