vanquish
verb (used with object)
to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
vanquished
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past participleof vanquish.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof vanquish.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
vanquishverb (used with object)to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
Example Sentences
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The scariest part for Scheffler’s opponents is that his play over the past few weeks has hinted that his weakness has been vanquished.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Misinterpreting his ghostly prophecy—“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him”—the usurping Scottish king believed his reign was secure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Eighty years ago, though the Arsenal of Democracy had vanquished the Axis and weathered a withering Depression, the recovering American people found themselves rich in bills but short on laughs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Once the slave power had been vanquished, the Reconstruction Congress sought to enshrine birthright citizenship in the Constitution so it could never be stripped away again.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
In the dim light he could see Leslie’s face freeze into its most queenly pose—the kind of expression she usually reserved for vanquished enemies.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
