van·quish (v ng kw sh, vn-)tr.v. van·quished, van·quish·ing, van·quish·es 1. a. To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate. b. To defeat in a contest, conflict, or competition. 2. To overcome or subdue (an emotion, for example); suppress: "She had had to wrench herself forcibly away from Katharine, and every step vanquished her desire" (Virginia Woolf). See Synonyms at defeat. [Middle English vaynquisshen, from Old French vainquir, vainquiss-, from Latin vincere; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.] van quish·a·ble adj.van quish·er n.van quish·ment n. |
vanquish
Verb
Literary to defeat (someone) in a battle, contest, or argument [Latin vincere]
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| Verb | 1. |  vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"walk over - beat easily; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship" eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" whomp - beat overwhelmingly get the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" get the jump - be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors" outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" surmount, master, overcome, subdue, get over - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" outfight - to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans" checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" immobilise, immobilize - make defenseless outplay - excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers" |
vanquish
verb (Literary) defeat, beat, conquer, reduce, stuff (slang) master, tank (slang) overcome, crush, overwhelm, put down, lick (informal) undo, subdue, rout, repress, overpower, quell, triumph over, clobber (slang) subjugate, run rings around (informal) wipe the floor with (informal) blow out of the water (slang) put to flight, get the upper hand over, put to rout
Translations
vanquish
v vanquish [ˈvӕŋkwiʃ]
to defeat or conquer You must vanquish your fears. oorwin, verslaan يَهْزِم، يَقْهَر побеждавам přemoci overvinde bezwingen (υπερ)νικώ, κατακτώ vencer võitu saama شکست دادن؛ سرکوب کردن voittaa vaincre לְהָבִיס जीतना pobijediti, poraziti legyőz menaklukkan sigra, yfirbuga vincere ～に打勝つ ...을 정복하다, 극복하다 nugalėti, nuslopinti uzvarēt; pārspēt; iekarot menewaskan overwinnen overvinne, seire over pokonać dominar a învinge преодолевать prekonať premagati poraziti övervinna, besegra กำจัด yenmek 戰勝 перемагати; подолати قابو پانا đánh bại, chinh phục 战胜
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