vanquish
verb /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/
/ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vanquish | /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it vanquishes | /ˈvæŋkwɪʃɪz/ /ˈvæŋkwɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple vanquished | /ˈvæŋkwɪʃt/ /ˈvæŋkwɪʃt/ |
| past participle vanquished | /ˈvæŋkwɪʃt/ /ˈvæŋkwɪʃt/ |
| -ing form vanquishing | /ˈvæŋkwɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈvæŋkwɪʃɪŋ/ |
- vanquish somebody/something to defeat somebody completely in a competition, war, etc. synonym conquer
- Government forces vanquished the rebels.
- The stories are about saints vanquishing dragons and freeing captive maidens.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVanquish is used with these nouns as the object:- foe
- monster
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French vencus, venquis (past participle and past tense of veintre), vainquiss- (lengthened stem of vainquir), from Latin vincere ‘conquer’.