Sample Sentences for
vanquish
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    Each enemy I vanquished dropped a pile of "Zenny coins" that I could later use to purchase armor, weapons, and potions from one of the bearded wise men scattered throughout each level.  (source)
    vanquished = eliminated (completely defeated)
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    Let the end come, however cruel; at least then we'll know whether we are to be the victors or the vanquished.  (source)
    vanquished = completely defeated
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    My father says that princesses personify the decadence of a vanquished era.  (source)
    vanquished = overthrown
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    In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another, and the victor always plundered the vanquished.  (source)
    vanquished = defeated
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    And I answer myself, perhaps they believed a still greater power could exist, one that could vanquish even Lord Voldemort....perhaps they now pay allegiance to another ....perhaps that champion of commoners, of Mudbloods and Muggles, Albus Dumbledore?  (source)
    vanquish = completely defeat
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    Once was the strife shapen Hard 'gainst the Hugs, sithence Hygelac came Faring with float-host to Frisian land, Whereas him the Hetware vanquish'd in war, With might gat the gain, with o'er-mickle main; The warrior bebyrny'd he needs must bow down: He fell in the host, and no fretted war-gear Gave that lord to the doughty, but to us was aye sithence The mercy ungranted that was of the Merwing.†  (source)
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    The best fun was with Madame Joubert: Miss Wilson was a poor sickly thing, lachrymose and low-spirited, not worth the trouble of vanquishing, in short; and Mrs. Grey was coarse and insensible; no blow took effect on her.†  (source)
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    The unvanquished truth, is how Freak would say it, and for a long time it was him who did the talking.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unvanquished means not and reverses the meaning of vanquished. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    Besides Prince S. and Evgenie Pavlovitch, we must name the eminent and fascinating Prince N.—once the vanquisher of female hearts all over Europe.†  (source)
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    It was a battle to death or complete vanquishment.†  (source)
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    He vanquishes cats.  (source)
    vanquishes = completely defeats
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    He squinted again for a single second and saw the open doorway filling with people, as the survivors of the battle came out onto the front steps to face their vanquishers and see the truth of Harry's death for themselves.†  (source)
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    * *enjoys the highest Patience is a high virtue certain, advantages of all* For it vanquisheth, as these clerkes sayn, Thinges that rigour never should attain.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She vanquisheth" in older English, today we say "She vanquishes."
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