Vanquish

Definition: Vanquish

Vanquish

Verb

1. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "vanquish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Vanquish

Success

Defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court.

Crosswords: Vanquish

Aston Martin call it the Vanquish, we call it the Vanish. (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis)

I'll do what I should've done a while ago which is vanquish your sorry ass! (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

We shall go to those parts and say to any King we find - 'D'you want to vanquish your foes? (The Man Who Would Be King; writing credit: Gladys Hill; John Huston)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• To Vanquish the Dragon (reference)

• Vanquish the Night (Silhouette Special Edition, No 638) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "vanquish": Buffets Vanquish. Additional references.

Albanian

nënshtroj (enslave, master, reduce, subdue, subject, subjugate, submit, subordinate), mund (be able, can, conquer, floor, it's possible, may, overcome, plough under, whack, whip, worst), mposht (conquer, depress, lick, manage, outdo, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, quench, restrain, subdue, take care of). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كسر (breach, break, breakage, breaking, crash, crush, defeat, double, fold, fraction, fracture, fracturing, infringe, pleat, rout, shatter, shattering, smash, smashing, tuck, violate), ‏هزم (bear down, beat, best, checkmate, clobber, defeat, dish, dump, finish, floor, foil, go down, hold down, knock off, knock out, lick, outdo, outvote, overcome, overpower, pip, sink, skunk, smash, stop, thrash, vote down, whip, wipe out, wipe the floor with smb.), ‏قهر (beat, compulsion, conquer, crush, defeat, defeating, force, get the better of, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, subdual, subdue, subjugate, subjugation, tame), ‏تغلب (beat, conquer, cope, crumple, get over, get past, get the better of, knock down, master, negotiate, outdo, overbear, overcome, predomination, pull through, quench, ride, whack, worst). (various references)

Bulgarian 

надвивам (drub, fight down, fight off, overbear, overpower, overwhelm, pip, thrash, worst), превъзмогвам (conquer, fight, overcome, prevail, surmount), преодолявам (bear down, break through, fight, get over, hurdle, live down, master, negotiate, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, override, overrule, pass over, prevail, ride out, surmount, win through), покорявам (bring under, captivate, subdue, subject, subjugate, win), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, have, lace, lick, master, mop up, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overthrow, overturn, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, whip, whop, win, worst, zap), подчинявам (bend, overmaster, overpower, prostrate, subdue, subject, subordinate, tame, tie down). (various references)

Chinese 

征服 (conquer, subdue). (various references)

Czech

vyhrát nad, zvítìzit (carry the day, win), zdolat (conquer, cope, defeat, negotiate, overbear, overpower, surmount), rozdrtit (annihilate, crush, demolish, devastate, flatten, powder, whack), porazit (bear down, beat, best, butcher, chop down, conquer, cut down, defeat, fell, hack down, hew, hew down, kill, knock down, overthrow, overturn, run down, smite, stick, strike down, stump, tumble), přemoci (conquer, defeat, fight down, master, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, reduce, stifle, surmount, swallow). (various references)

Farsi 

پیروزشدن بر (Crush, Overcome), مغلوب ساختن (Defeat, Overcome), شکست دادن (Defeat, Drub, Floor, Outdo, Skunk, Smash, Smite, Trounce, Worst), درهم شکستن (Breakdown, Crash, Force, Overwhelm, Scrunch, Smash). (various references)

Finnish

kukistaa (overthrow, quell, subdue, subjugate, suppress). (various references)

French

vaincre. (various references)

German

besiegen (beat, conquer, defeat, discomfit, down, knock out, overcome, overthrow, put down, repress, subdue, thrash, to conquer, to defeat, to discomfit, win over). (various references)

Greek 

καταβάλλω (bear down, debilitate, defeat, defray, exert, overbear, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quash, quell, subdue). (various references)

Hebrew 

לכבוש (conquer, occupy, press, subjugate, take, tread down), ל�"�"ביר (conquer, destroy, exterminate, overpower), ל� צח (always, conquer, defeat, eternally, everlastingly, evermore, for ever, forever, lick, overcome, overpower, perpetually, triumph, win). (various references)

Hungarian

leküzd (fight down, master, negotiate, overcome, surmount, tide over, to fight back, to fight down, to fight off, to surmount, to surmount to sg, to tide over, to vanquish), legyõz (bear down, conquer, defeat, down, get the best of, get the better of, master, outmatch, overcome, overmatch, overplay, overpower, overrule, overtake, overturn, rout, subject, tide over, worst). (various references)

Indonesian

menaklukkan (conquer). (various references)

Italian

vincere (beat, carry, carry off, come out on top, conquer, control oneself, defeat, discomfit, overcome, overpower, score, win), sopraffare (knock out, overbear, overcome, overpower, overwhelm), debellare. (various references)

Manx

cur haart (overthrow, repress). (various references)

Pig Latin

anquishvay.(various references)

Portuguese

vencer (bear down, clear away, defeat, lickerish, outdoor, outrival, overcome, overmatch, overpass, overpowering, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph, whop, win), superar (bear down, beat, better, cap, clear away, cope with, defeat, exceed, outgrow, outrival, overcome, overmatch, paragraph, ride out, surmount, surpass), subjugar (crush, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, quell, rule, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tame, yoke), reprimir (allay, arrest, bit, bridle, check, coerce, constrain, control, Cork, dove, forbear, gulp, halt, keep back, keep down, overbear, quell, quench, refrain, rein in, repress, restrain, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, throttle, tutor), dominar (come over, command, conquer, control, cover, dominate, domineer, enthral, enthrall, govern, have command of, lick, live through, lord's day, manage, master, outmatch, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpass, overpower, quell, rein, rein in, repress, restrain, rule, subdue, subject, subjugate, surmount, wield), derrotar (beat, checkmate, cob, defeat, discomfit, foil, get up the better, hammer, kill, outmatch, overcome, overpower, pill, pip, scatter, thrash, whop, worst). (various references)

Romanian

supune (bend, bring under, crush, defeat, examine, keep under, overpower, present, propose, propound, reflect, subdue, subjugate, win), stãpâni (check, command, control, dominate, get under, govern, have, hold, hold in leash, keep in, manage, own, quell, rage, reign, restrain, ride, rule, subdue, subjugate, sway, wield), cuceri (bear, captivate, carry, catch, conquer, fetch, gain, seize, subdue, subject, subjugate, take, win), birui (conquer, defeat, drub, master, overbear, overcome, overpower, subdue, surmount, win), învinge (beat, best, break through, circumvent, conquer, defeat, discomfit, dispose, drub, flog, floor, get the better of, knock, master, overcome, overmaster, overpower, pull through, reason down, surmount, thrash, whip, win, win over, worst), înfrânge (bear down, beat down, best, break, curb, defeat, foil, knock, master, overcome, overmatch, overpower, pip, stifle, worsen, worst), înfrâna (bridle, curb, refrain, restrain, tame). (various references)

Russian 

побеждать (conquer, defeat, lick, outfight, overpower, overthrow, score off). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

savladati (cope, defeat, fight down, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, scale, surmount), pobediti (bear down, beat, carry the day, conquer, lick, outfight, win, win out). (various references)

Spanish

vencer a (overwhelm, pip, surmount), lograr (accomplish, achieve, attain, bring off, come off, engineer, get, get off, jockey, land, obtain, pick up, pull off, reach, thread, throw out, touch, win, wish, work). (various references)

Swedish

besegra (beat, best, checkmate, conquer, defeat, fight down, flog, hammer, knock out, lick, nobble, overcome, overwhelm, pip, win over, worst). (various references)

Turkish

yenmek (annihilate, bear down, bear the bell, beat, beat all hollow, best, break, carry away the bell, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, confound, conquer, cut out, defeat, discomfit, down, floor, get the better of, give a beating, knock out, land, lick, master, outbox, outclass, outdo, outgo, overpower, pip, prevail, skunk, slam, smash, subjugate, surmount, swamp, thrash, trim, triumph, trounce, wallop, wear down, whelm, whip, whop, win over, wipe the floor with smb., worst), kırmak (bear down, blight, breach, break, break down, bust, chill, chop, crack, cut, dampen, discount, fracture, freeze, give offence, give offense, hurt, lacerate, offend, outrage, pique, put off, put smb.'s nose out of joint, quench, reduce, refract, Rive, ruffle smb.'s feelings, rupture, set up, shatter, skip, snap, snap off, split, stave in, sting, touch), hakkından gelmek (carry off, get the better of, let smb. have it, overcome, overmaster, overpower, put away). (various references)

Turkmen 

ьstьn зykmak (conquer, win), яьwьrmek (be victorious). (various references)

Ukranian 

завоювати (bear away, capture), перемагати (beat, conquer, outray, overbear, overwar, triumph, win), долати (bear, conquer, overpass, tide over). (various references)

debellabat, debellabo, debellabunt, debellare, debellarent, debellaret, debellate, debellator, debellavit, debellemus, vincere. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "vanquish": vanquishable, vanquished, vanquisher, vanquishers, vanquishes, vanquishing. (additional references)

Words containing "vanquish": unvanquished. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Vanquish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anquish, lanquish, vabquish. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: vanish.

-3 letters: quais, quash, quasi, quins, savin, shiva, unais, vinas.

-4 letters: ains, anis, anus, hins, hisn, huns, quai, quin, sain, shin, shiv, shun, sinh, unai, vain, vans, vaus, vina, visa.

-5 letters: ain, ais, ani, ash, has, hin, his, hun, ins, nah, nus, qua, sau, sha, sin, sun, suq, uns, van, vas, vau, via, vis.

+2 letters: vanquished, vanquisher, vanquishes.

+3 letters: vanquishers, vanquishing.

+4 letters: unvanquished, vanquishable.

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