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- adjective
Defeated . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
vanquish .
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Examples
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Please tell me you are smart enough to know that over time racist idiots will be vanquished from the earth in the numbers they have today.
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They discover an ancient evil, long thought vanquished, is stirring and has big, nasty plans for Earth.
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They discover an ancient evil, long thought vanquished, is stirring and has big, nasty plans for Earth.
November 2007 2007
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Such a tragic thief – I wish it would be vanquished from the world. by paris parfait
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"Weak tyrant," returned Osbert, his countenance impressed with the firm dignity of virtue, "to insult the vanquished, is congenial with the cruel meanness of the murderer; nor do I expect, that the man who slew the father, will spare the son; but know, that son is nerved against your wrath, and welcomes all that your fears or your cruelty can impose."
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They were again vanquished by the active vigor of Probus, who, in a short reign of about six years, 29 equalled the fame of ancient heroes, and restored peace and order to every province of the Roman world.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Among the vanquished was the master chimney – sweeper, whilom incredulous at
Dombey and Son 2007
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Our vanquished are the speculators; our vassals the shareholders.
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And prize-fighting is surely much more brutal, seeing that the vanquished is a human being and not a brute.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Our vanquished are the speculators; our vassals the shareholders.
Serge Panine — Complete Georges Ohnet 1883
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