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vanquish - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'vanquish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vanquish [ n.]
- A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.
2 . Vanquish [ v. t.]
- To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
- Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute.

Meaning of 'vanquish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vanquish [ v]
Meaning (1):
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Example in sentence:
  • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship;
  • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game;
  • We beat the competition