Thesaurus / vanquish
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“It’s like treating an individual patient while rebuilding the entire health-care system,” said Alfred Sommer, former dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who was part of the team that vanquished smallpox four decades ago.
NOW COMES THE HARDEST PART: GETTING A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE FROM LOADING DOCK TO UPPER ARMLENA H. SUN, FRANCES STEAD SELLERSNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIt was the final chapter of a very polarizing time for the city attorney’s office, and he came out the vanquished.
YOUR SAN DIEGO ELECTION QUESTIONS, ANSWEREDMEGAN WOODOCTOBER 20, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOGenetic analysis, which was not available during the original research, later confirmed that during the 1994 invasion, the aggressors didn’t just evict the vanquished.
NAKED MOLE-RATS INVADE NEIGHBORING COLONIES AND STEAL BABIESJAKE BUEHLEROCTOBER 20, 2020SCIENCE NEWSIt posited that microbes, not “miasma,” caused sickness and death, and that you could cure illnesses by vanquishing the offending microbe.
WHEN EVOLUTION IS INFECTIOUS - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENMOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFFSEPTEMBER 30, 2020NAUTILUSThis time around, the Bolts made quick work of the Jackets in the first round, vanquishing their old foe in five games.
THE DALLAS STARS ARE PUTTING THEIR REGULAR-SEASON SHORTCOMINGS BEHIND THEMTERRENCE DOYLESEPTEMBER 21, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe whole history of the Old Testament displays nothing but the vain efforts of God to vanquish the obstinacy of his people.
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACHLieut. Wilkinson and party appear in good spirits, and show a disposition which must vanquish every difficulty.
THE EXPEDITIONS OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE, VOLUME II (OF 3)ELLIOTT COUESJerry, who had been told of the trouble, was ready to descend upon the entire college and vanquish it single-handed.
MARJORIE DEAN COLLEGE FRESHMANPAULINE LESTERAfter all, it was more important that she should vanquish her enemies than prove to a mere man that they really were her enemies.
THE BACKWOODSMENCHARLES G. D. ROBERTSHe had met at last that which must vanquish all his resolutions, and turn all his desperate efforts into vanity.
GREIFENSTEINF. MARION CRAWFORDSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 22, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO VANQUISH
- beating
- braying
- breaking
- bruising
- bucking
- comminuting
- contriturating
- contusing
- creasing
- crowding
- crumbling
- crunching
- embracing
- enfolding
- expressing
- hugging
- jamming
- kablooeying
- mashing
- pounding
- powdering
- pressing
- pulverizing
- pushing
- romping
- rumpling
- squashing
- squeezing
- squishing
- totaling
- trampling
- treading
- triturating
- wrinkling
- ambush
- annihilate
- bar
- bear down
- beat
- best
- block
- butcher
- crush
- decimate
- demolish
- discomfit
- drown
- entrap
- finish off
- halt
- hinder
- impede
- lick
- mow down
- obliterate
- obstruct
- outflank
- outmaneuver
- overpower
- overrun
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- parry
- prevail over
- quell
- reduce
- repel
- repress
- repulse
- roll back
- rout
- route
- sack
- scatter
- shipwreck
- sink
- slaughter
- smash
- subdue
- subjugate
- suppress
- surmount
- swamp
- torpedo
- trample
- trash
- upset
- vanquish
- whip
- wipe out
- KOING
- beating
- busting
- clobbering
- creaming
- decking
- dropping
- drubbing
- edging
- flaxing
- flogging
- flooring
- knocking out
- lambasting
- licking
- outhitting
- outjumping
- outplaying
- outrunning
- overpowering
- plowing under
- pommelling
- pounding
- powdering
- pulverizing
- running roughshod over
- skinning
- steamrolling
- taking
- taking it all
- taking to cleaners
- tanning
- thrashing
- totaling
- trouncing
- walloping
- whacking
- whomping
- winning
- working over
- zapping
- KOS
- beats
- busts
- clobbers
- creams
- decks
- drops
- drubs
- edges
- flaxes
- flogs
- floors
- knocks out
- lambastes
- licks
- outhits
- outjumps
- outplays
- outruns
- overpowers
- plows under
- pommels
- pounds
- powders
- pulverizes
- runs roughshod over
- skins
- steamrolls
- takes
- takes it all
- takes to cleaners
- tans
- thrashes
- totals
- trounces
- wallops
- whacks
- whomps
- wins
- works over
- zaps
- abase
- abash
- base
- bemean
- blister
- break
- bring down
- bring low
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- conquer
- crush
- cut down to size
- debase
- degrade
- demean
- denigrate
- deny
- depress
- discomfit
- discountenance
- disgrace
- dishonor
- downplay
- humble
- lower
- make a fool of
- make ashamed
- mortify
- pan
- play down
- put out of countenance
- put to shame
- rip
- run down
- shame
- shoot down
- slam
- smear
- snub
- squash
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
- vanquish
- wither
- abases
- abashes
- bases
- bemeans
- blisters
- breaks
- brings down
- brings low
- casts down
- chagrins
- chastens
- confounds
- confuses
- conquers
- crushes
- cuts down to size
- debases
- degrades
- demeans
- denies
- denigrates
- depresses
- discomfits
- discountenances
- disgraces
- dishonors
- downplays
- humbles
- lowers
- makes a fool of
- makes ashamed
- mortifies
- pans
- plays down
- puts out of countenance
- puts to shame
- rips
- runs down
- shames
- shoots down
- slams
- smears
- snubs
- squashes
- subdues
- takes down
- takes down a peg
- tears down
- vanquishes
- withers
- bested
- came out on top
- conquered
- crushed
- downed
- drowned
- got around
- got the better of
- hurdled
- knocked over
- knocked socks off
- licked
- mastered
- outlived
- overpowered
- overthrew
- overwhelmed
- prevailed
- prostrated
- reduced
- rendered
- rose above
- shocked
- stunned
- subdued
- subjugated
- surmounted
- survived
- threw
- triumph over
- vanquished
- was victorious
- weathered
- whelmed
- won
- worsted
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.