vanquish
IPA: vˈæŋkwɪʃ
verb
- (transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
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Examples of "vanquish" in Sentences
- If they do not vanquish food, food will vanquish them.
- There is no way to "vanquish" them except by means of temporary abatement.
- I'm optimistic that we can vanquish polio forever if other countries choose to learn from India's success.
- As the nation flexed its full military might overseas for the first time, he joined 4.7 million Americans in uniform and was among 2 million U.S. troops shipped to France to vanquish the German kaiser.
- There's just too many references – like Tessa says, we're asking an audience in Los Angeles to know what "vanquish" and "lactating" mean, not to mention the Battle of Orleans, Joan of Arc, and the French.
- It was an act of self-defense in the face of blood-curdling threats to vanquish the Jewish state, not to mention the maritime blockade of the Straits of Tiran, the abrupt withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces, and the redeployment of Egyptian and Syrian troops.
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