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Definition
to defeat completely- The team vanquished all competition.
vanquished = completely defeated
- You need to vanquish those negative thoughts and think about good things.
- In valleys like the Upper Braldu, Islam has never completely vanquished older, animist beliefs.Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
- When you've vanquished your ghosts, I'll be here.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- We're going to be vanquishing villains left and right.Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- He made a show of eyeing his handiwork, his vanquished foes littered on the ground before him.Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars
- IT WAS TIME (AGAIN) FOR THE SQUIRREL TO VANQUISH A VILLAIN!Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- The lighted windows and the music and the terrified, disbelieving look on a cat's face when he was vanquished?Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- The list continued on with these words: ... Vanquished ...Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- A squirrel vanquished a cat.Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- CHAPTER FORTY — Vanquished!Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- He needs to be vanquished.Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- WHO WILL BE VANQUISHED?Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- There was a murder to stop, a superhero to mentor, villains to vanquish, darkness to eradicate.Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- He vanquishes cats.Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- Vanquished!Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- Their spirits are not vanquished easily.Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
- Jessica had died at his hands, but there had been no sense of vanquishment, no victorious conquest.Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian
- And then God's majesty had vanquished the darkness.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- Destiny and the gods' will vanquished these, and their own hardness.Homer -- The Odyssey
vanquish = eliminate (completely defeat)
vanquished = completely defeated
vanquished = completely defeated
vanquishing = completely defeating
vanquished = completely defeated