5 uses
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Definition
to defeat completely
- Curiosity had vanquished the desire of preserving his incognito, and he was recognized.Chapters 105-106 (95% in)
- The blow had struck home, and Danglars was entirely vanquished; with a trembling hand he took the two letters from the count, who held them carelessly between finger and thumb, and proceeded to scrutinize the signatures, with a minuteness that the count might have regarded as insulting, had it not suited his present purpose to mislead the banker.Chapters 45-46 (89% in)
- "Or kill yourself!" said Eugenie (in a tone which a Vestal in the amphitheatre would have used, when urging the victorious gladiator to finish his vanquished adversary).Chapters 97-98 (95% in)
- The solitary light burning at the Catalans; that first sight of the Chateau d'If, which told him whither they were leading him; the struggle with the gendarmes when he wished to throw himself overboard; his despair when he found himself vanquished, and the sensation when the muzzle of the carbine touched his forehead—all these were brought before him in vivid and frightful reality.Chapters 113-114 (8% in)
- Happily, I vanquished death.Chapter 117 (69% in)
There are no more uses of "vanquish" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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