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    VANQUISH

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they vanquish  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it vanquishes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: vanquished  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: vanquished  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: vanquishing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Come out better in a competition, race, or conflictplay

    Example:

    Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

    Synonyms:

    beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish

    Classified under:

    Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

    Hypernyms (to "vanquish" is one way to...):

    defeat; get the better of; overcome (win a victory over)

    "Vanquish" entails doing...:

    win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)

    Verb group:

    beat; circumvent; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach (beat through cleverness and wit)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vanquish"):

    bat; clobber; cream; drub; lick; thrash (beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight)

    outplay (excel or defeat in a game)

    immobilise; immobilize (make defenseless)

    checkmate; mate (place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game)

    overmaster; overpower; overwhelm (overcome by superior force)

    outfight (to fight better than; get the better of)

    best; outdo; outflank; scoop; trump (get the better of)

    get over; master; overcome; subdue; surmount (get on top of; deal with successfully)

    exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)

    cheat; chicane; chouse; jockey; screw; shaft (defeat someone through trickery or deceit)

    get the jump (be there first)

    rout; spread-eagle; spreadeagle (defeat disastrously)

    get the best; have the best; overcome (overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome)

    whomp (beat overwhelmingly)

    mop up; pip; rack up; whip; worst (defeat thoroughly)

    eliminate (remove from a contest or race)

    walk over (beat easily)

    outpoint; outscore (score more points than one's opponents)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Sentence example:

    The fighter managed to vanquish his opponent


    Derivation:

    vanquishable (susceptible to being defeated)

    vanquisher (someone who is victorious by force of arms)

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