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| Main Entry: |
override/overrule
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cancel, reverse a decision |
| Synonyms: | alter, annul, bend to one's will, control, countermand, direct, disallow, disregard, dominate, govern, ignore, influence, invalidate, make null and void, make void, not heed, nullify, outvote, outweigh, overturn, prevail over, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, ride roughshod, rule against, set aside, supersede, sway, take no account of, thwart, trample, upset, vanquish, veto |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, permit, support |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | slaughter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | butcher, crush, decimate, defeat, destroy, do in exterminate, finish, liquidate, maim, mangle, massacre, murder, mutilate, overwhelm, rout, slay, stick, thrash, torture, total trounce, vanquish, waste, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
| 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: | subjugate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overpower, defeat |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat down, bring to heel, bring to knees, coerce, compel, conquer, crush, enslave, enthrall, force, hold sway, keep under thumb, kick around, overcome, overthrow, put down, quell, reduce, reel back in, rule, rule over, subdue, suppress, tame, triumph, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate |
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain good outcome |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive, avail, be successful, benefit, carry off, come off, conquer, distance, do all right, do the trick, earn, flourish, fulfill, gain, get, get to the top, grow famous, hit*, make a fortune, make good, make it, make out, obtain, outdistance, outwit, overcome, possess, prevail, profit, prosper, pull off, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, score, secure, surmount, thrive, triumph, turn out, vanquish, win, work, worst |
| Notes: | follow means to travel behind, go after, or come after; succeed means to come next in time or succession, follow after another or to attain success, reach a goal |
| Antonyms: | fail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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