All 4 Uses of
vanquish
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- Voldemort had been vanquished hours before, but his supporters — and many of them are almost as terrible as he — were still at large, angry, desperate and violent.†
Chpt 37 *
- But when Sybill Trelawney spoke, it was not in her usual ethereal, mystic voice, but in the harsh, hoarse tones Harry had heard her use once before: 'The one with the power to vanquish th'e— Dark Lord approaches… born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies … and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will havc power the Dark Lord knows not … and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives … the one with…†
Chpt 37
- …but in the harsh, hoarse tones Harry had heard her use once before: 'The one with the power to vanquish th'e— Dark Lord approaches… born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies … and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will havc power the Dark Lord knows not … and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives … the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies …'†
Chpt 37
- 'But you said — Neville was born at the end of July, too — and his mum and dad = 'You are forgetting the next part of the prophecy, the final identifying feature of the boy who could vanquish Voldemort … Voldemort himself would mark him as his equal.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(vanquish) to defeat completely