vanquish
verb (used with object)
to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
vanquisher
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a word derived from
vanquish.
Example Sentences
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The Shanghai Masters champion continued his sensational run of form by ousting Carlos Alcaraz's British vanquisher Cameron Norrie in straight sets in the opening match on centre court.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
For instance: Anyone who’s seen “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” knows it’s not the viridian vanquisher whose wrath Gawain should fear, but the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog!
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
The most urgent painting here is one of the Met’s very first purchases: Anthony van Dyck’s “Saint Rosalia,” vanquisher of a 17th-century epidemic, whom I’ve adopted as my Covid protectress.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2020
In his day, Winfield Scott was praised by no less an authority than the Duke of Wellington, vanquisher of Napoleon at Waterloo, as “the greatest living soldier.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2020
And you really expect me—me, the vanquisher, to consent to a shameful truce?
From The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century by Eugène Sue
