van ‧ quish /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] literary
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: venquis , past tense of veintre 'to defeat' , from Latin vincere ; ⇨ ↑ victor ]
to defeat someone or something completely
van ‧ quish /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] literary
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: venquis , past tense of veintre 'to defeat' , from Latin vincere ; ⇨ ↑ victor ]
to defeat someone or something completely
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012