as in conquered
to bring under one's control by force of arms
vanquished nation after nation in his relentless conquest of Europe
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Recent Examples of vanquished
On a subconscious level, if those movies could be vanquished, maybe Trump could be too.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Over the course of 10 successful video games, Kratos vanquished mortals, creatures and gods alike.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Without abiding by the rule of law, a guiding beacon for our democracy will be vanquished.
—Miles J. Zaremski, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
Current totals of seven league goals and four assists suggest those early-season tribulations have been vanquished.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Over the course of 10 successful video games, Kratos vanquished mortals, creatures and gods alike.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
Without abiding by the rule of law, a guiding beacon for our democracy will be vanquished.
—Miles J. Zaremski, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
Current totals of seven league goals and four assists suggest those early-season tribulations have been vanquished.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanquished
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Forsythe, meanwhile, conquered her blocking problems by spending myriad hours in the driveway with her brother Lucas.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Over the centuries, it would be conquered by empires of varying beliefs.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Meta debuted a new major AI model on Wednesday, its first since the costly hiring of Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang nine months ago, as the Facebook parent aims to carve out a niche in a market that’s being dominated by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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Hilton and Bianco have emerged as the top two candidates in early polls for the state's nonpartisan primary, that's typcially dominated by Democrats.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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The researchers subjected amputated tissues from tadpoles and embryonic mice to various laboratory tests, explains molecular biologist Georgios Tsissios, the study’s lead author.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
9 Apr. 2026
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Before Poway first approved the development decades ago, the site was subjected in 2001 to an archaeological survey that found hundreds of Native American artifacts recovered, in addition to about 10 grams of bone — discoveries the review deemed culturally significant.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Betts subdued the momentum with a block on Booker’s layup attempt with 20 seconds left, and Rice then made two free throws, sending Close’s crew into the title game.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Melbourne crowd was subdued.—
Michael Bailey,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Bennedict Mathurin had 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists off the bench, and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Golden State Warriors 115-110 on Sunday to set up a rematch in the play-in tournament.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Cologne eased its Bundesliga relegation worries on Sunday, Stuttgart took another step toward Champions League qualification and Freiburg defeated Mainz 1-0 away in a duel between European contenders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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