vanquish

tr.v., -quished, -quish·ing, -quish·es.

1. 1. To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate.
   2. 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.]

vanquishable van'quish·a·ble adj.
vanquisher van'quish·er n.
vanquishment van'quish·ment n.

verb

1. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: beat, best, conquer, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, worst. Informal trim, whip. Slang ace, lick. Idioms: carrywinthe day, gethavethe best of, gethavethe better of, go someone one better. See win/lose/recovery.
2. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce. Informal massacre, wallop. Slang clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win/lose/recovery.

v

Definition: defeat soundly
Antonyms: fail, lose, surrender

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IN BRIEF: To conquer.

We were determined to vanquish our cross-town rivals in the football game.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - besejre, overvinde

Nederlands (Dutch)
overwinnen

Français (French)
v. tr. - défaire (littér), surmonter

Deutsch (German)
v. - bezwingen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - νικώ, θριαμβεύω, (κατα)συντρίβω

Italiano (Italian)
sgominare, vincere, sconfiggere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - conquistar

Русский (Russian)
побеждать, покорять, преодолевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - vencer, conquistar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - övervinna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
打败, 克服, 征服

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 打敗, 克服, 征服

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 정복하다, 극복하다, 패배 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 征服する, 克服する, 勝つ, 打ち勝つ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) انتصر على, هزم, قهر, تغلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניצח, הביס, גבר על‬

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