Vanquished means to be conquered or defeated, so it is B. You could say the ememy has been vanquished or conquered.
Plot. Two migrant field workers in California on their plantation during the Great Depression—George Milton, an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie Small, a bulky, strong man but mentally disabled—are in Soledad on their way to another part of California
division into two sharply contrasting groups or sets of opinions or beliefs.
"the polarization of society between rich and poor"
2.
PHYSICS
the action of restricting the vibrations of a transverse wave, especially light, wholly or partially to one direction.
"changes in polarization of light passing through the atmosphere"
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