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vanquishment
van·quish V0024000 (văng′kwĭsh, văn′-)tr.v. van·quished, van·quish·ing, van·quish·es 1. a. To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate.b. To defeat in a contest, conflict, or competition. See Synonyms at defeat.2. To overcome or subdue (an emotion, for example); suppress: "She had had to wrench herself forcibly away from Katharine, and every step vanquished her desire" (Virginia Woolf).
[Middle English vaynquisshen, from Old French vainquir, vainquiss-, from Latin vincere; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]
van′quish·a·ble adj.van′quish·er n.van′quish·ment n.ThesaurusvanquishmentnounThe act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:beating, defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing.Informal: massacre, trimming, whipping.Slang: dusting, licking.vanquishment
Related to vanquishment: vanquishingSynonyms for vanquishmentnoun the act of defeating or the condition of being defeatedSynonyms- beating
- defeat
- drubbing
- overthrow
- rout
- thrashing
- massacre
- trimming
- whipping
- dusting
- licking
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