Synonyms of vanquishing

vanquishing 1 of 2

noun

as in conquest

the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control

a movie about the vanquishing of Egypt by Rome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conquest
• dominating
• domination
• subduing
• subjugation
• subjection
• takeover
• victory
• subjugating
• subjecting
• overpowering
• defeat
• winning
• triumph
• win
• whipping
• trimming
• licking
• beating
• trouncing
• enslavement
• drubbing
• shellacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberation
• freeing
• emancipation
• release
• enfranchisement
• manumission

vanquishing

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verb

present participle of vanquish

as in conquering

to bring under one's control by force of arms

vanquished nation after nation in his relentless conquest of Europe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conquering
• subduing
• subjecting
• dominating
• defeating
• overcoming
• subjugating
• enslaving
• reducing
• subordinating
• pacifying
• overpowering
• crushing
• beating
• annihilating
• smashing
• licking
• whipping
• trouncing
• clobbering
• quelling
• suppressing
• prevailing (over)
• thrashing
• routing
• walloping
• drubbing
• triumphing (over)
• mowing (down)
• repressing
• silencing
• squashing
• smothering
• quashing
• squelching
• skunking
• cracking down (on)
• clamping down (on)
• putting down
• breaking
• snuffing (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• liberating
• springing
• discharging
• emancipating
• releasing
• enfranchising
• unchaining
• manumitting
• unfettering
• unbinding
• uncaging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vanquishing

Noun

But for others who have been part of the fabric of UM’s rich football history, witnessing Miami’s vanquishing of Texas A&M, Ohio State and Mississippi was a quite different experience, one enjoyed in different pockets of the country, often best without distractions. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026

Verb

Trump has made vanquishing his political enemies in the GOP a priority in his second term. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 26 May 2026

And the Royals came close to vanquishing their longtime adversaries at Kauffman Stadium on Monday afternoon. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 May 2026

Vaccines, though, changed it all, essentially vanquishing those diseases in the United States and much of the rest of the world. — Fran Moreland Johns, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026

To that degree, coach Kenny Atkinson said his team going seven games before vanquishing the Toronto Raptors reset the reality of what first-round playoff basketball is about. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026

And as Siniaková showed emotion of her own in the joy of vanquishing such a favorite, Andreeva started her walk out of the stadium that would end in cursing and acrimony. — James Hansen, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026

And despite being massively outnumbered and outgunned, Royce led the takedown of four enemy jets and almost destroyed the others, vanquishing his adversaries while taking 263 bullets to his own plane and being seriously hurt. — Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026

Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018) Bruce Campbell returns to the role he was born to play in this comedy-horror series 30 years after vanquishing body-possessing demons in The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992). — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026

However, once Hernán Cortés triumphed, the conquistadors went from waging war — vanquishing the Aztecs — to the project of subjugating Indigenous holdouts and building a self-sustaining territory loyal to the crown. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026