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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, subdue |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, beat down, burden, crush, despotize, dishearten, dispirit, distress, encumber, force, handicap, harass, harry, hound, keep down, maltreat, outrage, overcome, overload, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute, pick on, plague, press, prey on, put down, put screws to, put the squeeze on, put upon, ride, rule, sadden, saddle, smother, strain, subjugate, suppress, tax, torment, torture, trample, trouble, tyrranize, vex, weigh heavy upon, worry, wrong |
| Antonyms: | aid, boost, delight, gladden, help, make happy |
| Main Entry: | overpower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; get the upper hand |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat down, blank, blow away, bulldoze, bury, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, defeat, drown, drub, immobilize, knock out, lay one out, murder*, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away, quell, reduce, roll over, rout, shellack, shut off, smash*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, take care of, take out*, torpedo, total*, trash*, trounce, vanquish, waste*, wax, whelm |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overthrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, destroy |
| Synonyms: | abolish, beat, bring down, bring to ruin, conquer, crush, demolish, depose, dethrone, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, knock down, knock over, level, liquidate, oust, overcome, overpower, overrun, overturn, overwhelm, purge, put an end to, raze, ruin, subdue, subjugate, subvert, terminate, tip, topple, tumble, unseat, upend, upset, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | quell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, suppress |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, conquer, crush, extinguish, hush up, kill, overcome, overpower, put down, put the lid on, queer, quench, shut down, silence, sit on, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, subjugate, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat down, break, bring, conquer, cripple, crush, disable, drive, enfeeble, force, master, overcome, overpower, ruin, subdue, subjugate, undermine, vanquish, weaken |
| Notes: | reduce means to cut down on; minimize means to make small or insignificant or represent as less important |
| Antonyms: | win |
| Main Entry: | repress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back, hold in |
| Synonyms: | black out, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool*, cork, crush, curb, gridlock, hinder, hold back, inhibit, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, kill*, lock, master, muffle, overcome, overpower, quash, quelch, quell, rein, restrain, shush, silence, simmer down, smother, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow, throw cold water on, tie up |
| Antonyms: | allow, let go, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat overwhelmingly |
| Synonyms: | bash, beat, blow out of water, bulldoze, bury*, chase, clean up on, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, cut to pieces, destroy, discomfit, dispel, drive off, expel, finish*, hunt, kill*, lambaste*, larrup, murder*, outmaneuver, overpower, overthrow, put to flight, repulse, scatter, scuttle, shut out, skunk, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, torpedo, total*, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wax, whip, wipe off map, wipe out, worst, zap |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Antonyms: | win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subdue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep under control; moderate |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat down, break, break in, check, conquer, control, crush, defeat, discipline, dominate, drop, extinguish, gentle, get the better of, get the upper hand, get under control, humble, mellow, overcome, overpower, overrun, put down, quash, quell, quench, quiet, quieten, reduce, repress, restrain, shut down, soften, squelch, subjugate, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, trample, triumph over, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | arouse, incite, release, rouse, start |
| Main Entry: | tame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | domesticate, make compliant |
| Synonyms: | break, break in, break the spirit, bridle, bring to heel, bust, check, conquer, curb, discipline, domesticize, domiciliate, enslave, gentle, house-train, housebreak, humble, mitigate, mute, pacify, repress, restrain, soften, subdue, subjugate, suppress, temper, tone down, train, vanquish, water down |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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