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• “You must overcome all difficulties“
• “defeat your enemies“
• “He overcame his shyness“
• “He overcame his infirmity“
• “Her anger got the better of her and she blew up“

Synonyms

• get the better of win a victory over
• overcome win a victory over; get on top of; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli ; overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome

• “kill a motion“
• “he shot down the student’s proposal“

Synonyms

• kill the act of terminating a life ; the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal ; cause to die; thwart the passage of; end or extinguish by forceful means; be fatal; be the source of great pain for; overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games; hit with great force; deprive of life; cause the death of, without intention; drink down entirely; mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; tire out completely; cause to cease operating; destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
• shoot down move quickly and violently; shoot at and force to come down; thwart the passage of
• vote down thwart the passage of; vote against
• vote out thwart the passage of

• “it was a narrow defeat“
• “the army’s only defeat“
• “they suffered a convincing licking“

Synonyms

• licking an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Synonyms

• frustration the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals ; an act of hindering someone’s plans or efforts ; a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized