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(v)
(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
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(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
(transitive, idiomatic) To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
(transitive or intransitive) To expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.
(n)
The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
The act by which something is licked.
(transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
(transitive) To push or throw over.
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
Alternative spelling of combatting: present participle and gerund of combat
(transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
(transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
(transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
To tip or turn over.
(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.
The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
(adj)
Defeated.
(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
(transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
(transitive) To beat in a competition of wits.
The act of destroying.
To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
(ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
(figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
The pulsation of the heart.
(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
(uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
(transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
That loses or has lost.
To reverse the effects of an action.
A stroke; a blow.
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
(transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
(ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective
(transitive) (also reflexive) Followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
That constitutes a win.
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.
A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
(transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
(idiomatic, transitive) To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
The act of relinquishing something.
(transitive) To refuse to obey.
The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
The act of rejecting.
(intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
(intransitive) To produce an air current.
A sudden or unexpected failure.
(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
(transitive) To make weaker or less strong.
(transitive) To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
(chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
The act of neutralizing.
Non-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize. [(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.]
(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
(transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.