vanquish

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1. vanquish - Noun

2. vanquish - Verb

Meaning

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute.

A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.

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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men. Henry Ward Beecher

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it. François de La Rochefoucauld

My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The united vote of those who toil and have not will vanquish those who have and toil not, and solve forever the problems of democracy. Eugene V. Debs

It is the moral factor which decides the fate of nations: man's spirit can prove greater than the power of leviathan. A nation is swiftly overcome if its spirit is weak; but with unyielding determination it can vanquish powers that appear to be utterly invincible. Gwynfor Evans

It is not honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove. Italian Proverb

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