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
In less than an hour of fighting, the Jacobites were defeated and all attempts to restore the Stuarts to the British throne were vanquished.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
That's because routine childhood vaccinations have largely vanquished many diseases, making vaccines one of medicine's greatest triumphs.
—NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
Wu vanquished opponent Josh Kraft, son of billionaire Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft, in the preliminary election, by such an overwhelming margin that he was forced to drop out.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Banko, 43, won the Hofbräu nationals in 2015, one year after being vanquished by Hurta in a thrilling showdown.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
That's because routine childhood vaccinations have largely vanquished many diseases, making vaccines one of medicine's greatest triumphs.
—NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
Wu vanquished opponent Josh Kraft, son of billionaire Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft, in the preliminary election, by such an overwhelming margin that he was forced to drop out.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Banko, 43, won the Hofbräu nationals in 2015, one year after being vanquished by Hurta in a thrilling showdown.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanquished
Verb
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The museum has never shied away from the more problematic areas of British art history, including art made in countries that Englands conquered or colonized.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026
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Silicon Valley grew convinced that other difficult tasks would soon be conquered.—
Cal Newport,
New Yorker,
27 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Green Bay dominated Chicago for years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The junior guard scored 20 points — including a couple of highlight-reel dunks — as host West Aurora dominated crosstown rival East Aurora during an 80-52 Upstate Eight West victory.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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Francis, for his part, subjected the Church’s right wing to closer scrutiny by the Vatican.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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The 2025 evaluation subjected electric vehicles to some of the harshest real-world conditions in the global auto industry.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Dec. 2025
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The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine has subdued the most contagious virus on earth.—
Jerome Adams,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Nazism’s total domination politically and socially found an aesthetic counterpart in the visual reduction of bodies to things, ecstatically subdued before the hypnotic power of a leader, force, or sublime beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Houston Texans defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 in the final game of the wild card round of the playoffs on Monday in what might be the end of the Aaron Rodgers era in the NFL.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Panthers were defeated by the Los Angeles Rams, 34-31, on Saturday in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs.—
Mike Kaye
January 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Vanquished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanquished. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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