English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “vanquish”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for vanquish is van-quish, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
van-quish
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result van-quish The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordvanquish
Hyphenationvan-quish
Break points1
Part of speechtransitive verb
Pronunciation/ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/
Meaning & usage

What does “vanquish” mean?

vanquish: Defeat thoroughly.

Headwordvanquish
Part of speechtransitive verb
Pronunciation/ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/
1
transitive verb

Defeat thoroughly.

Example: “Mexican forces vanquished the French army in a battle in Puebla”

Word breaks

How “vanquish” is split

van·quish

For US English, the hyphenation result is van-quish. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “vanquish”

How do you hyphenate “vanquish”?

In the US-English result used here, vanquish is hyphenated as van-quish.

Where can “vanquish” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “vanquish” mean?

Defeat thoroughly.

Can you use “vanquish” in a sentence?

“Mexican forces vanquished the French army in a battle in Puebla”

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