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Verb: vanquish  vang-kwish
  1. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; defeat thoroughly
    "The underdog vanquished the reigning champion";
    - beat, beat out, crush, shell [US], trounce

Derived forms: vanquished, vanquishing, vanquishes

Type of: exceed, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass

Encyclopedia: Vanquish