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defeated
| Main Entry: |
outwit/outsmart
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the better of; figure out before another |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, bewilder, cap, cheat, circumvent, con*, confuse, deceive, defeat, defraud, dupe, end-run, fake out, finagle, fox*, goose, gull, have*, hoax, hoodwink, lead astray, make a fool of, make a monkey of, mislead, outdo, outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outjockey, outmaneuver, outthink, overreach, pull a fast one on, put one over on, run circles around, swindle, take in*, top*, trick, worst* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overwhelm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flood, beat physically |
| Synonyms: | bury, conquer, crush, defeat, deluge, destroy, drown, drub, engulf, inundate, massacre, overcome, overflow, overpower, overrun, overthrow, rout, smother, submerge, swamp, thrash, total*, whip*, win* |
| Antonyms: | underwhelm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prostrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overwhelm; wear out |
| Synonyms: | bring low, cripple, debilitate, defeat, destroy, disable, disarm, drain, drown, exhaust, fatigue, fell, floor, frazzle, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, knock over, level, mow, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overtire, overturn, paralyze, reduce, ruin, sap, tire, tucker out, weary, whelm, wreck |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back prostate is the gland; prostrate means 'lying face down' supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, assuage, help, please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | pulverize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, crush, decimate, defeat, demolish, destruct, dynamite, flatten, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, vanquish, vaporize, wax, wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create |
| Main Entry: | put down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subdue |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, crush, defeat, dismiss, extinguish, quash, quell, reject, repress, silence, squash, stamp out, suppress |
| Antonyms: | boost, build up |
| Main Entry: | rebut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue against; prove wrong |
| Synonyms: | break, come back at, confound, confute, controvert, cross, defeat, deny, disconfirm, disprove, evert, fend off, get back at, hold off, invalidate, keep off, negate, negative, overturn, prove false, quash, refute, repel, repulse, stave off, take on, top, ward off |
| Notes: | to rebut a statement is to offer clear evidence or a reasoned argument against it; to refute a statement is to prove it wrong (neither means 'contradict' or 'deny') |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, back down, concede |
| Main Entry: | repulse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push away |
| Synonyms: | beat off, brush off, check, defeat, drive back, fend off, fight off, heave-ho, hold off, keep off, kick in the teeth, nix, overthrow, push back, put down, rebuff, rebut, reject, repel, resist, set back, stave off, throw back, ward off |
| Antonyms: | attract, enchant |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, develop, grow |
| Main Entry: | set back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hinder |
| Synonyms: | bog down, decelerate, defeat, detain, embog, hang up, hold up, impede, mire, retard, reverse, slow, slow down, slow up |
| Antonyms: | advance, forward |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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