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  • verb Present participle of vanquish.

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Examples

  • Although President Obama's war-fighting strategy is focused on Afghanistan, the administration has long believed that Pakistan is the key to success in vanquishing the Taliban and eliminating al-Qaeda's activities in the region.

    Worries grow over Pakistan stability Karen DeYoung 2010

  • In addition to the utility of violent prowess in vanquishing enemies and in acquiring food, assaults and threats are effective coercive tactics more generally, whether in the context of helping oneself to another's property, in the pursuit of sexual access or in any other area in which interests are not consonant.

    Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010

  • In addition to the utility of violent prowess in vanquishing enemies and in acquiring food, assaults and threats are effective coercive tactics more generally, whether in the context of helping oneself to another's property, in the pursuit of sexual access or in any other area in which interests are not consonant.

    Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010

  • Although President Obama's war-fighting strategy is focused on Afghanistan, the administration has long believed that Pakistan is the key to success in vanquishing the Taliban and eliminating al-Qaeda's activities in the region.

    U.S. tense over Pakistan Karen DeYoung 2010

  • In addition to the utility of violent prowess in vanquishing enemies and in acquiring food, assaults and threats are effective coercive tactics more generally, whether in the context of helping oneself to another's property, in the pursuit of sexual access or in any other area in which interests are not consonant.

    Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010

  • In addition to the utility of violent prowess in vanquishing enemies and in acquiring food, assaults and threats are effective coercive tactics more generally, whether in the context of helping oneself to another's property, in the pursuit of sexual access or in any other area in which interests are not consonant.

    Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010

  • In addition to the utility of violent prowess in vanquishing enemies and in acquiring food, assaults and threats are effective coercive tactics more generally, whether in the context of helping oneself to another's property, in the pursuit of sexual access or in any other area in which interests are not consonant.

    Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010

  • In addition to the utility of violent prowess in vanquishing enemies and in acquiring food, assaults and threats are effective coercive tactics more generally, whether in the context of helping oneself to another's property, in the pursuit of sexual access or in any other area in which interests are not consonant.

    Eric Haseltine: Changing Your Brain's Factory Settings Eric Haseltine 2010

  • Although President Obama's war-fighting strategy is focused on Afghanistan, the administration has long believed that Pakistan is the key to success in vanquishing the Taliban and eliminating al-Qaeda's activities in the region.

    U.S. tense over Pakistan Karen DeYoung 2010

  • Historians attribute Cortez's success in vanquishing the formidable imperial armies to superior technology and planning.

    Mexican history: a brief summary 2007

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