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All vanquish synonyms

van·quish
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verb vanquish

  • get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • get the upper hand — gain advantage
  • housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
  • whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  • make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
  • outvote — to outdo or defeat in voting: The rural districts outvoted the urban districts. The measure was outvoted by the farmers.
  • carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
  • crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
  • get the better of — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
  • humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
  • house-train — to housebreak.
  • creamed — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
  • house-trained — housebroken.
  • defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
  • confute — to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
  • carry the day — to win a contest or competition; succeed
  • downing — a downward movement; descent.
  • gentling — Present participle of gentle.
  • bemean — to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
  • conquer — If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
  • knock down — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • bring to heel — (Transitive Verb) IDI To compel someone to obey; to force someone into a submissive condition.
  • mop up — a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
  • larrup — to beat or thrash.
  • do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • lick — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
  • crested — A crested bird is a bird that has a crest on its head.
  • blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
  • mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
  • beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
  • make a fool of — To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
  • cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
  • cresting — an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
  • whomp — a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
  • larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • worsted — that which is worst.
  • creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
  • outplay — to play better than.
  • iced — of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
  • domiciliate — to domicile.
  • blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
  • disciplining — Present participle of discipline.
  • make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
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