vanquish
verb (used with object)
to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
was vanquishing
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past progressiveof vanquish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A year ago, it was vanquishing a half-century of hockey failure for the city of St. Louis.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2020
The dawn was vanquishing the matin hour which fled before it, so that from afar I discerned the trembling of the sea.
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory by Norton, Charles Eliot
