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Vanquished vs Killed - What's the difference?

vanquished | killed |

As adjectives the difference between vanquished and killed

is that vanquished is defeated while killed is deoxidized.

As verbs the difference between vanquished and killed

is that vanquished is past tense of vanquish while killed is past tense of kill.

vanquished

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Defeated.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (vanquish)

    • vanquish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To defeat, to overcome.
  • * Clarendon
    • They vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
  • * Atterbury
    • This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.

    killed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (kill)

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "killed")

    Derived terms

    * must have killed a Chinaman

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (metallurgy, of steel) deoxidized