vanquished
past simple and past participle ofvanquish
| 单词 | vanquished |
| 释义 | vanquished past simple and past participle ofvanquish vanquish verb[T] literaryuk/ˈvæŋ.kwɪʃ/us/ˈvæŋ.kwɪʃ/todefeatanenemyoropponent,especiallyinwar: Napoleon was vanquished at thebattleof Waterloo in 1815. The vanquishedarmysurrenderedtheirweapons. Synonyms annihilateinformal beat(DEFEAT) conquer crush(BEAT) defeat hammer(DEFEAT)informal thrash(DEFEAT)informal trounceinformal to beat someone in a race, competition, etc.
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Winning and defeating Examplesofvanquishedvanquished In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The hunters had suddenly become the hunted and soon thevanquished. From theCambridge English Corpus But this is not what we would expect if thevanquishedobjection were the real reason for the opponents' condemnation. From theCambridge English Corpus As the chapters roll by, battle after battle is won, foe after foevanquished. From theCambridge English Corpus While it is true that sovereign protection from external intrusion has weakened in recent years, it has not beenvanquished. From theCambridge English Corpus The fact that there has been no war and thus neither victors norvanquishedin the last two years has created a novel situation. From theCambridge English Corpus These changes, however, have notvanquishedthe core scientific challenges. From theCambridge English Corpus In the great struggle of our age, liberal democracyvanquishedcommunism. From theCambridge English Corpus And is that attempt necessarily the fate of thevanquishedand not of the victors? From theCambridge English Corpus The study is dominated by the regime's sustained and unremitting violence which forcibly and physically divided the nation into victors andvanquished. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet, as soon as the victors confront thevanquishedwith the balance sheet of defeat, the exuberant mood of relief gives way to a triple act of defiance. From theCambridge English Corpus For modern science, myth is a fascinating and irritating subject at the same time, because it is the very dimension that reason pretends to havevanquisheditself. From theCambridge English Corpus Our initial assumption was that they had been taken from enemiesvanquishedby the soldiers who were wearing them- that is, they represented individual combat records. From theCambridge English Corpus Above all, the 'new deal' of 1924 was the first major settlement after the war that had not been imposed on thevanquishedby the victors. From theCambridge English Corpus Victor over all, you arevanquished! From theCambridge English Corpus Most of the papers allude to the fact that the collective rights of the national minorities were denied in both the victorious and thevanquishedstates. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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