Synonyms of vanquishing

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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