vanquish
vanquish
Definition
van·quish (vaŋ′kwis̸h, van′-)
transitive verb
- to conquer or defeat in battle; force into submission
- to defeat in any conflict, as in argument
- to overcome (a feeling, condition, etc.); suppress
Etymology: ME venquissen < OFr veinquis-, inflectional stem of veinquir < L vincere, to conquer: see victor
vanquish
Synonyms
vanquish
Usage Examples
Object
- foe: Of course the attacks of the democracy on the vanquished foe did not on that account cease.
- demon: For a few months, Chris was helping the Charmed Ones vanquish every demon in the world.
- enemy: The ancient Gael nailed the heads of his vanquished enemies to the door of his hut.
- opponent: The US to it's credit has always been more than generous to it's vanquished opponents.
- evil: I now set out to search the land to vanquish evil in the name of all that is good.
- death: Your heads cloven by the pagans ' blades, O warriors of the King of glory, ye truly vanquished death.
Subject
- power: The multitude rejoiced at the miracle, and was gladly vanquished by the power of God.
Adjective complement
- evil: Be sure to find all nine pieces of armor to become truly unstoppable in your quest to vanquish evil.
Modifying Another Word
- finally: He found fame leading the EEF in a brilliant open campaign, finally vanquishing the Turks in Palestine in 1918.
- utterly: At this time, I hold myself more utterly vanquished, than ever his theme's weight overcame comic, or, tragic poet.
- never: The third apparition tells him " Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.
- completely: Have there been no enemies that loomed large at one point, but now have been tamed and even completely vanquished?
- easily: Early in our acquaintance we had several verbal battles, in which, I need hardly say, I was easily vanquished.
- always: Or as Ibn Khaldun, the renowned philosopher of history, would say, the vanquished always looks up to and copy the victor.
Preposition: in
- war: But the first to be vanquished in the war will be the thoroughly rotten democracy.
Preposition: by
- power: The multitude rejoiced at the miracle, and was gladly vanquished by the power of God.
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