beat down

Strongest matches

• debase
• degrade
• demean
• denigrate
• disparage
• mar
• minimize

Strong matches

• abase
• belittle
• corrupt
• damage
• decline
• decry
• depreciate
• derogate
• devalue
• discredit
• downgrade
• drop
• fall
• lower
• reduce
• ruin
• spoil
• undervalue

Weak matches

• lose value
• mark down
• render worthless
• write off

Strongest matches

• blank
• outwit
• thwart

Strong matches

• baffle
• balk
• block
• bury
• checkmate
• circumvent
• confound
• contravene
• cook
• counterplot
• cross
• disappoint
• discomfit
• disconcert
• disprove
• foil
• invalidate
• neutralize
• nonplus
• nullify
• overturn
• puzzle
• quell
• reduce
• refute
• ruin
• scuttle
• shave
• shellac
• skunk
• spoil
• squash
• stump
• subdue
• subjugate
• surmount
• undo
• victimize

Weak matches

• beat the system
• cast down
• cause setback
• edge out
• nose out
• put end to
• take the wind out of (one's) sails
• throw for loop

Strongest matches

• afflict
• bother
• damp
• dampen
• daunt
• discourage
• dishearten
• dismay
• dispirit
• disturb
• dull
• lower
• reduce
• sadden
• sap
• slow
• trouble
• upset
• weaken
• weigh down

Strong matches

• abase
• ail
• beat
• bug
• chill
• cow
• darken
• debase
• debilitate
• degrade
• desolate
• devitalize
• distress
• drag
• drain
• enervate
• faze
• mock
• mortify
• oppress
• perturb
• press
• scorn
• torment
• try
• weary

Weak matches

• bear down
• bum out
• cast down
• keep under
• put down
• reduce to tears
• run down
• throw cold water on
• turn one off

Strongest matches

• alarm
• bother
• confuse
• dampen
• daunt
• demoralize
• depress
• dismay
• frighten
• intimidate
• irk
• scare
• trouble
• unnerve

Strong matches

• abash
• afflict
• awe
• bully
• chill
• cow
• dash
• deject
• deprecate
• disparage
• distress
• droop
• overawe
• prostrate
• repress
• try
• vex
• weigh

Weak matches

• break one's heart
• cast down
• throw cold water on

Strongest matches

• crush
• raze
• smash
• straighten

Strong matches

• abrade
• compress
• debase
• deflate
• depress
• fell
• floor
• flush
• grade
• ground
• lay
• plane
• plaster
• prostrate
• roll
• smooth
• squash
• subdue
• trample

Weak matches

• even out
• iron out
• knock down
• lay low
• mow down
• spread out

Strongest matches

• bargain
• barter
• dicker
• quibble
• squabble
• wrangle

Strong matches

• argue
• cavil
• chaffer
• deal
• dispute
• horse-trade
• palter

Weak matches

• hammer out a deal
• make a deal

Strongest matches

• afflict
• annoy
• harass
• maltreat
• overwhelm
• persecute
• pick on
• prey on
• subjugate
• suppress
• torment
• torture
• trample
• vex

Strong matches

• abuse
• aggrieve
• burden
• crush
• dishearten
• dispirit
• distress
• encumber
• force
• harry
• hound
• outrage
• overcome
• overload
• overpower
• overthrow
• plague
• press
• ride
• rule
• sadden
• saddle
• smother
• strain
• subdue
• tax
• trouble
• worry
• wrong

Weak matches

• despotize
• keep down
• put down
• put screws to
• put the squeeze on
• put upon
• tyrannize
• weigh heavy upon

Strongest matches

• blank
• clobber
• conquer
• crush
• defeat
• drub
• knock out
• overcome
• overwhelm
• rout
• smash
• subdue
• take care of
• trounce
• vanquish

Strong matches

• bulldoze
• bury
• cream
• drown
• immobilize
• murder
• overthrow
• prostrate
• quell
• reduce
• shellack
• subjugate
• swamp
• torpedo
• total
• trash
• waste
• wax
• whelm

Weak matches

• bear down
• blow away
• lay one out
• put away
• roll over
• shut off
• take out

Strongest matches

• bring
• force
• undermine
• weaken

Strong matches

• break
• conquer
• crush
• drive
• enfeeble
• master
• overcome
• overpower
• ruin
• subdue
• subjugate
• vanquish

Weak match

• bear down

Strongest matches

• conquer
• crush
• extinguish
• humble
• overcome
• overpower
• quell
• repress
• restrain
• suppress
• tame
• temper

Strong matches

• break
• check
• control
• defeat
• discipline
• dominate
• drop
• gentle
• mellow
• overrun
• quash
• quench
• quiet
• quieten
• reduce
• soften
• squelch
• subjugate
• trample
• vanquish

Weak matches

• bear down
• break in
• get the better of
• get the upper hand
• get under control
• put down
• shut down
• tone down
• triumph over

Strongest matches

• conquer
• enslave

Strong matches

• coerce
• compel
• crush
• enthrall
• force
• overcome
• overthrow
• quell
• reduce
• rule
• subdue
• suppress
• tame
• triumph
• vanquish

Weak matches

• bear down
• bring to heel
• bring to knees
• hold sway
• keep under thumb
• kick around
• put down
• reel back in
• rule over

Strongest matches

• abolish
• censor
• conceal
• contain
• cover up
• crack down on
• crush
• curb
• cut off
• muzzle
• overcome
• overthrow
• put an end to
• put down
• quash
• quell
• quench
• repress
• silence
• snuff out
• stamp out
• stifle
• subdue
• withhold

Strong matches

• annihilate
• bottle
• burke
• check
• clamp
• conquer
• extinguish
• interrupt
• muffle
• overpower
• shush
• smother
• spike
• squash
• stop
• trample

Weak matches

• bring to naught
• hold back
• hold down
• hold in
• keep in
• keep secret
• put kibosh on
• put lid on
• sit on

Strongest matches

• crestfallen
• depressed
• dismayed
• pessimistic

Strong matches

• beat
• blue
• dashed
• daunted
• deterred
• dispirited
• down

Weak matches

• beat-down
• caved-in
• down in the mouth
• downbeat
• downcast
• glum
• gone to pieces
• in a funk
• in blue funk
• in the dumps
• lost momentum
• sad