The word vanquish has appeared in 34 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 7 in “‘Big John,’ a High-Profile Triceratops, Locked Horns With Its Own Kind, Study Suggests” by Jack Tamisiea:

Thanks to dramatic museum displays, many of us can imagine a Triceratops wielding its horns and sprawling neck frill to ward off a hungry Tyrannosaurus rex. But some scientists believe that Triceratopses used their deadly headgear against each other, too. Like dueling elk brandishing their antlers, Triceratopses may have interlocked their horns to woo mates or vanquish rivals.

While scientists have long speculated about such behavior, conclusive evidence of these clashes has proved elusive. But in a study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of Italian scientists describe what they believe is a gaping scar from one of these ancient battles on the neck frill of a high-profile Triceratops known as “Big John.”

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