Synonyms for vanquishment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vang-kwish, van- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæŋ kwɪʃ, ˈvæn- |
Top 10 synonyms for vanquishment Other synonyms for the word vanquishment
- debacle
- defeasance
- destruction
- discomfiture
- downthrow
- drubbing
- embarrassment
- extermination
- failure
- fall
- insuccess
- killing
- KO
- lacing
- licking
- loss
- massacre
- mastery
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- paddling
- rebuff
- repulse
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- scalping
- setback
- shellacking
- slaughter
- subjugation
- thrashing
- trap
- trashing
- trimming
- triumph
- trouncing
- waxing
- whaling
- whipping
- whitewashing
Définition of vanquishment
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French venquis (past tense), and vencus (p.p.), from veintre "defeat," from Latin vincere "defeat" (see victor). Influenced in Middle English by Middle French vainquiss-, present stem of vainquir "conquer," from Old French vainkir, alteration of veintre. Related: Vanquished; vanquishing.
- noun defeat
- What she had thought her conquest had been her vanquishment.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- In a bodily contest, there could be but the single issue, her vanquishment.
- Extract from : « Heart of the Blue Ridge » by Waldron Baily
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