Vanquishing

**Vanquishing** is a term describing the destruction of a magical being, most commonly the forces of evil such as demons and monsters. The death of a mortal or a force of good, such as witches, is generally referred to as *killing* instead.

During a vanquish, beings are often destroyed in a violent, painful manner. Most vanquishes leave no trace behind and do not damage the surroundings or objects near the destroyed being. This is presumably in order to cover up any existence of magic from the mortal world.

## Methods for Vanquishing

Vanquishing can be achieved by various means. The most common method of vanquishing is shown to be through the usage of spells and potions. However, some demons and monsters can be vanquished merely by offensive powers, such as pyrokinesis, and ordinary or magical weapons. The weapons used could be anything from a dagger/knife to seemingly ordinary substances, such as baking soda or rat poison.

Weapons lined with salt helps vanquish demons when impaling them with such weapons since salt makes them desiccate at an accelerated rate and ultimately die.

Some evil beings require a specific spell, sometimes requiring the Power of Three, while others may require a specific object or weapon, such as Viralis only being vanquished by his own dagger at the hands of a Charmed One. While most vanquishes are usually instantaneous, there are cases in which the entire process can take time if the being is upper-level (such as when Taydeus took a few seconds to explode after he died or when the spell to vanquish Lainey, the queen of the Cicada Demons, was slow causing Macy Vaughn to have to crush her with a control panel).

## Trivia

* For some unknown reason, Elder Devorah Silver's death also looked like vanquishing, as her body withered away, which should not have been, since she was a human witch.
	+ One theory suggests that her body withered away, because she was in a pocket dimension which she had created at the moment of her death, and when she died, as the dimension ceased to exist, her body also did. However, one could still argue that the pocket dimension should have just ceased to exist and her body returned to the Haunt in the real world with the others.
* Despite the fact that Fiona Callahan was also a human being, her death was also like vanquishing and there was not a trace of her body left. Though, this was likely a side effect of her body being struck by the energy of the Sacred Flame Igniting Spell.
* Vivienne Laurent is the only mortal on screen to be vanquished.
* Hunter Caine, Callum, Jimmy, Omon and Earl are the only beings that were vanquished without a death scream.

## Gallery

* Successful Attempts
* Failures

Macy destroys cells of a demonic dogUnnamed Possessor Demon is vanquishedTaydeus is vanquishedUnnamed Imposter Demon is vanquishedThe illusory Skeleton Demon is vanquishedMaggie and Lucy vanquishes the ghost, Brenda ManciniLainey is vanquishedKnansie is vanquishedMacy vanquishes the Galimori DemonMacy attacks a vampire to vanquish himMacy and Harry vanquishes the DevilMacy vanquishes the demon, ViralisUnnamed Abiku Demon is vanquishedThe Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones blow Hunter up with Maggie's Empathic StaffMacy incinerates Alastor, after having taken on the SourceMel vanquishes the First Rat Demon with rat poisonMacy vanquishes the Second Rat Demon with her fire powerDesiccation Spell used against CallumSecond Monster is vanquishedAlfie crumbles awayThe Kadal Demon is vanquishedVivienne Laurent is vanquished by an overload of the Power of ThreeJimmy is vanquishedChupa-Alma is vanquishedOmon vanquishes himself by touching his reflection in the potionAbigael kills her subordinatesTentacle Creature is vanquishedVanquishing Spear of TrantorA possessed future-Macy vanquishes future-AbigaelWaverly Jameson vanquishes the bounty hunter demonMacy vanquishes the Whispering Evil inside her bodyThe negative space being is vanquishedEarl is vanquishedSunny is vanquished

Hunter Caine survived Mel's attack......and was able to escape.Mel casts a spell, but......it doesn't work because Brenda Mancini was not a revenant.Parker Caine in the guise of a shadow was able to escape from the Light of Theia.The unfinished Fumigation Spell.The Sarcana crows attacked Hunter, but he was able to escape......and return later.Alastor's escape.The Elders attacking Hunter with solar spell......but he deflecting their magic back at them.Mel attacks Hunter in an attempt to vanquish him......but he remains unharmed again.Alastor survives Parker's attack.Macy attacks Jimmy to vanquish him......but he dodged all the time.Parker is immune to Macy's flame.Abigael pretends to have vanquished Parker......but he survived in an unknown way.Godric survives Parker's attack.The Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones' halted attempt to vanquish Abigael.Macy vanquishes the Worm Monster...... but it regenerates itself.The sisters' attempt to destroy the Perfecti.The past Charmed Ones are trying to vanquish the Perfecti.Francesca Jameson's first aborted attempt to destroy Abigael.Francesca's second aborted attempt to destroy Abigael.The Vera-Vaughn Charmed Ones are trying......to vanquish the Whispering Evil......but he regenerates himself.
## References

1. ↑ *Surrender*
2. ↑ *Pilot*
3. ↑ *Bug a Boo*