as in winners
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
a parade for the triumphal return of the empire's most celebrated vanquisher
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Recent Examples of vanquishers
That included midfielder Mariona Caldentey, who returned to preseason training with Arsenal and had to face several of her English vanquishers, including captain Leah Williamson, Chloe Kelly, Beth Mead, Alessia Russo and Lotte Wubben-Moy.
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Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanquishers
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Alex Freeman grabbed the second, and the win confirms the USMNT as World Cup group winners for the first time since 2010.
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By Sunday afternoon, winners and losers will be decided in a matter of seconds.
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Barcelona and Manchester City (in both domestic cups) were their elite conquerors in those competitions, though the 7-2 scoreline of the second leg at Camp Nou was embarrassing.
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Football, too, was brought to colonies by conquerors, only to be embraced by the conquered and remade anew.
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No matter who the victors are, once the bombs stop falling, reconstruction will inevitably follow.
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Broadway‘s victors claimed their Tony spoils last week, with most of the big winners of the June 7 awards ceremony posting significant box office gains in the week after.
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“Vanquishers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanquishers. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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