vanquish
Meaning of vanquish
verb
- defeat thoroughly.
he successfully vanquished his rival
Middle English: from Old French vencus, venquis (past participle and past tense of veintre ), vainquiss- (lengthened stem of vainquir ), from Latin vincere ‘conquer’.
Information about vanquish
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of vanquish
van-quish
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- vanquish is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
vanquish synonyms
Meaning beat:
Meaning overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force:
Meaning destroy utterly; obliterate:
Meaning outwit or get the better of (someone):
Meaning get the better of; defeat:
Meaning succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty):
Meaning defeat completely:
Meaning overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person):
Meaning bring under domination or control, especially by conquest:
Meaning put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force:
Meaning reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure:
Meaning subdue (someone or something) by force:
Meaning defeat and cause to retreat in disorder:
Meaning beat or thrash (someone):
Meaning hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object:
Meaning hit (someone) hard:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip:
Meaning coat with paste:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning defeat utterly:
Meaning put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment:
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning defeat (someone) utterly:
Meaning hit or beat (someone) repeatedly:
Meaning beat with a cane as a punishment:
Meaning kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:
Meaning deliberately and brutally kill (many people):
Meaning kill (animals) for food:
Meaning make or become flat or flatter:
Meaning fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel:
Meaning fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something:
Meaning work (two or more ingredients, typically butter and sugar) together to form a creamy paste:
Meaning varnish (something) with shellac:
Meaning defeat (someone) overwhelmingly in a game or contest, especially by preventing them from scoring at all:
Meaning shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly:
Meaning have (something) as one's own; possess:
Translation of vanquish
- German: schlagen, besiegen, überwinden
- French: battre, gagner, vaincre
- Spanish: ganar, triunfar, vencer, dominar, derrotar
- Italian: vincere, battere, sconfiggere
- Portuguese: derrotar
Words that rhyme with vanquish
beauish, cuish, aguish, anguish, broguish, cataloguish, contradistinguish, counterdistinguish, distinguish, enanguish, extinguish, interdistinguish, languish, misdistinguish, pedagoguish, predistinguish, preextinguish, redistinguish, roguish, subdistinguish, undistinguish, vaguish, voguish, bluish, gluish, cliquish, derelinquish, linquish, mosquish, picturesquish, relinquish, squish, vinquish, truish
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