Verb: vanquish vang-kwish
- 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