vanquished
Lost the battle
Vanquished means defeated, conquered, or overcome—typically in battle, competition, or struggle.
The word carries a literary or dramatic tone: The vanquished army retreated across the river.
As a noun, the vanquished refers collectively to those who have been defeated: The victors showed mercy to the vanquished.
Defeated and took control
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- bestedOvercame in a contest
- crushedCompressed into fragments
routed · trounced · overpowered · outmatched · outclassed · outfought · humbled · undone
Forcibly ended unrest
- suppressedForcibly held down
- pacifiedMade tranquil again
- tamedMade docile
- silencedRendered unable to speak
crushed · extinguished · stamped out · put down · squelched · checked · curbed · stifled
Removed from power
- toppledCaused to fall
- deposedRemoved from authority
- unseatedRemoved from position
- oustedRemoved from position
usurped · supplanted · displaced · expelled · overturned · removed · cast down · brought low
Ceased resistance, conceded
- yieldedGave way or produced
- succumbedStopped resisting, gave way
- submittedFormally gave for consideration
- concededAdmitted defeat formally
relented · acquiesced · fallen · collapsed · crumbled · caved · folded · quit
Spread irregularly about
- dispersedSpread widely apart
- fledEscaped from danger
- retreatedMoved backward from advance
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
disarrayed · broken · chased · pursued · stampeded · demoralized · disintegrated · repelled
conquered
Defeated and took control
crushed · routed · trounced · overpowered · outmatched · outclassed · outfought · humbled · undone · worsted
quelled
Forcibly ended unrest
- suppressedForcibly held down
- pacifiedMade tranquil again
- tamedMade docile
silenced · crushed · extinguished · stamped out · put down · squelched · checked · curbed · stifled · mastered
dethroned
Removed from power
ousted · usurped · supplanted · displaced · expelled · overturned · removed · cast down · brought low · subjugated
capitulated
Ceased resistance, conceded
- yieldedGave way or produced
- succumbedStopped resisting, gave way
- submittedFormally gave for consideration
conceded · relented · acquiesced · fallen · collapsed · crumbled · caved · folded · quit · abdicated
scattered
Spread irregularly about
panicked · disarrayed · broken · chased · pursued · stampeded · demoralized · disintegrated · repelled
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, loss, rout
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- losersloser, failure, runner-up, flop, beaten
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- finished eatingate, consumed, devoured, gobbled, wolfed
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
vanquishedvictorious
Having achieved triumph
triumphant · winning · victor · conquering · prevailing
vanquishedunvanquished
Never overcome in battle
undefeated · unconquered · unbeaten · unbowed · invincible
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