VANQUISHES Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

vanquishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of vanquish

as in conquers

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 vanquishes At the end of the fairytale, the Queen vanquishes Rumpelstiltskin by correctly guessing his name. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026 The 21st century will belong to the civilization that vanquishes the mosquito. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026

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Iceman appears on four Billboard charts this week and conquers two of them.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
That doesn’t mean robbing Billy of his shot at prying open Homelander’s skull, but with only a symbolic solution to Trump’s authoritarian rise — love conquers all!

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 May 2026

Definition of conquers

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In person, Huang subdues his ironic braggadocio with polite eye contact and rolling belly laughs at his own jokes.

— Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
El Nino also subdues the hurricane season in the Atlantic because there is so much heat in the Pacific that outcompetes the Atlantic, Berardelli added.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 May 2026

Definition of subdues

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Tweety Bird is used nicely, as is Daffy Duck, who dominates the film’s explosive opening scene (getting trapped in goo during a top-secret Acme test film).

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
An unbearable heat hangs over a world ravaged by climate change, where crime dominates everyday life.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of dominates

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Then founder and master distiller Joe McGirr subjects his spirit to a vapor chamber chockablock with even more juniper.

— Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
This allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and no longer arbitrarily subjects them to traffic control measures designed for other types of vehicles.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Definition of subjects

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This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Mikel Oyarzabal has four goals, so could yet challenge if Spain overcomes France in the semifinals.

— James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

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