vanquish
verb
van·quish
ˈvaŋ-kwish 
ˈvan-
ˈvan-
vanquished; vanquishing; vanquishes
1
: to overcome in battle : subdue completely
2
: to defeat in a conflict or contest
3
: to gain mastery over (an emotion, passion, or temptation)
vanquish your fear
vanquisher
noun
Synonyms
Examples of vanquish in a Sentence
They were vanquished in battle.
vanquished nation after nation in his relentless conquest of Europe
Recent Examples on the Web
No one has yet managed to vanquish that behemoth, Mkhitaryan said.
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 25 Apr. 2024
The Trojans were undefeated for 12 games before they were vanquished by Texas, in an epic Rose Bowl game, 41-38.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Brave and honorable to his core, Snow fought to save his family and the realm from the forces of evil, even rising from the dead to vanquish an evil zombie army.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2024
An enemy within that his brutal and relentless tactics cannot fully vanquish.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, any complacency about inflation being vanquished in richer economies is beginning to look premature.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Jan. 2024
Though some of the surveys indicate that his support could drop if he is convicted of a crime, Trump has consolidated backing within the Republican Party since the indictments began a little more than a year ago, vanquishing his rivals in the GOP primary contests.
—David Nakamura, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
With the monster vanquished, the stink of evil can begin to be scrubbed away.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
In the memoir, Swisher slashes her way through the tech world like John Wick with a word processor, vanquishing vain CEOs and clueless legacy media bosses and emerging without a scratch.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 25 Apr. 2024
The Trojans were undefeated for 12 games before they were vanquished by Texas, in an epic Rose Bowl game, 41-38.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Brave and honorable to his core, Snow fought to save his family and the realm from the forces of evil, even rising from the dead to vanquish an evil zombie army.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2024
An enemy within that his brutal and relentless tactics cannot fully vanquish.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, any complacency about inflation being vanquished in richer economies is beginning to look premature.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Jan. 2024
Though some of the surveys indicate that his support could drop if he is convicted of a crime, Trump has consolidated backing within the Republican Party since the indictments began a little more than a year ago, vanquishing his rivals in the GOP primary contests.
—David Nakamura, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
With the monster vanquished, the stink of evil can begin to be scrubbed away.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
In the memoir, Swisher slashes her way through the tech world like John Wick with a word processor, vanquishing vain CEOs and clueless legacy media bosses and emerging without a scratch.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Vanquish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanquish. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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