English to Icelandic Meaning of vanquish - vanquish

Vanquish :

vanquish

verb

ósigur, tapa, missa af, vera barnlaus, ónýta, yfirbugað, menn beita

Vanquish :: vanquishVanquished :: sigruðVanquisher :: vanquisherVanquishers :: vanquishersVanquishes :: yfirbugarVanquishing :: vanquishing

← Vanity

vantage →

Share This

Definitions of vanquish in English

Verb(1) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Examples of vanquish in English

(1) Life appears to vanquish the hope and ideals of all men, dragging in its train even the greatest, like Plato, Alexander, or Napoleon.(2) The sooner the world understands it, the sooner we will be able to vanquish these forces of evil.(3) Medical technology has enabled scientific medicine to vanquish its rivals in the medical marketplace in the quest for patient patronage and health insurance funds.(4) Arguments are used constructively to clarify issues, not to vanquish opponents.(5) Its report, in the spring, is likely to demand radical change in relations between the rich and poor world if abject poverty is to be vanquished .(6) They discussed the neuroscientific and the behavioural, the syntactical and the imaginative, declared illiteracy to be utterly vanquishable , and showed why some teaching methodology works best.(7) His troops had vanquished their opponents, now the Army and its prisoners were on their way home.(8) Evidence from researchers at Hull University suggests many people benefit from relaxation therapy, hypnotherapy and guided imagery in which patients are taught to visualise their bodies' defences vanquishing tumours.(9) He did not flinch as the verdict was read to a hushed court - and his hopes of divine intervention were vanquished .(10) Defeat at Trafalgar ended any hope of maritime supremacy for France, and thus any realistic hope of vanquishing the British, but Napoleon continued to steamroller his continental opponents.(11) Uncertainty vanquishes notions of exclusivity and superiority.(12) It took also any sense I might have had that life and fate were controllable, that evil was vanquishable .(13) Meg was unable to stop herself from throwing that challenge in her vicious vanquisher 's face.(14) The points are still there, and enemies are still vanquishable , but the goal now is to finish the games so that we can see and hear the narrative of the story.(15) The temptation is to wage war on stupidity as if it were a vanquishable object.(16) As at least three art historians allege, St. George never vanquished a dragon, as legend asserts.

Related Phrases of vanquish

Related Phrases of vanquish

Synonyms

Verb

1. conquer ::

sigra

2. defeat ::

ósigur

3. beat ::

slá

4. trounce ::

trounce

5. rout ::

rout

7. be victorious over ::

vera sigursæll yfir

8. get the better of ::

fá betri af

9. worst ::

versta

10. upset ::

í uppnámi

11. overcome ::

sigrast

12. overwhelm ::

gagntaka

13. overpower ::

yfirbugað

14. overthrow ::

stóli

15. subdue ::

velli

16. subjugate ::

subjugate

17. quell ::

kveða

18. quash ::

setjum

19. crush ::

hrifin

21. tear someone apart ::

rífa einhvern í sundur

22. lick ::

Lick

23. hammer ::

hamar

24. clobber ::

clobber

25. thrash ::

thrash

26. smash ::

Snilldar

27. demolish ::

rífa niður

28. wipe the floor with ::

þurrka gólfið með

29. make mincemeat of ::

gera mincemeat af

30. massacre ::

fjöldamorð

31. slaughter ::

slátrun

32. annihilate ::

tortíma

33. cream ::

rjómi

34. skunk ::

skunkur

35. shellac ::

shellac

Different Forms

vanquish, vanquished, vanquisher, vanquishers, vanquishes, vanquishing

English to Icelandic Dictionary: vanquish

Meaning and definitions of vanquish, translation in Icelandic language for vanquish with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of vanquish in Icelandic and in English language.

Tags for the entry 'vanquish'

What vanquish means in Icelandic, vanquish meaning in Icelandic, vanquish definition, examples and pronunciation of vanquish in Icelandic language.

English to Icelandic Dictionary: vanquish

Meaning and definitions of vanquish, translation in Icelandic language for vanquish with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of vanquish in Icelandic and in English language.

Tags for the entry 'vanquish'

What vanquish means in Icelandic, vanquish meaning in Icelandic, vanquish definition, examples and pronunciation of vanquish in Icelandic language.