To vanquish is to be the complete and total winner, to overpower and overcome, whether in a contest, a race, or a war. It generally suggests a total trouncing, to the point of humiliation or worse for the loser.
To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
Verb
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"
v. t.
To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an
enemy.
v. t.
Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of;
to put down; to refute.
n.
A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.
Vanquish
They . . . Vanquished the rebels in all encounters.2.
This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.
For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still.
Vanquish
To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.
Usage Examples
My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.
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Other Usage ExamplesPhilosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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