vanquish
To defeat someone completely in a battle or contest.
vanquish in a sentence
- The tiny chess club vanquished the champions in the final round.
- In the video game you must vanquish the final boss to unlock the golden trophy.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to vanquish?
- Afail
- Bdefeat
- Csurrender
- Dlose
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B: defeat. The other three mean the opposite of vanquish.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to vanquish?
- Adefeat
- Bbeat
- Ccrush
- Dlose
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D: lose. The other three mean nearly the same as vanquish.
Words that mean something similar
defeat, beat, crush
Words that mean the opposite
lose, surrender, fail
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