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I (defeat) verb be superior, be supreme, be victorious over, bring to terms, checkmate, claim a victory, conquer, crush, dash, discomfit, excel, get the best of, get the better of, have the advantage, hold the advantage, lay waste, obtain a victory, outclass, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outplay, outpoint, outrange, outrival, overbear, overbid, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, override, overtake, overthrow, overtrump, overwhelm, predominate, preponderate, prevail over, put to rout, quell, ravage, reduce, repulse, rout, seize the advantage, subdue, subjugate, succeed in winning, superare, suppress, surmount, surpass, take precedence, thwart, trample upon, transcend, triumph over, undo, upset, vanquish, vincere, win the battle II (pulsate) verb alternate, come and go, convulse, ebb and flow, falter, flicker, flitter, fluctuate, flutter, move up and down, oscillate, palpitate, pass and repass, pendulate, pound, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, reciprocate, seesaw, shake, shiver, shuffle, strike, sway, swing, teeter, throb, thump, toss, tremble, undulate, vacillate, vibrate, wave, waver, writhe III (strike) verb abuse, afflict, attack, baste, bastinado, batter, bruise, buffet, caedere, club, concuss, contund, contuse, cudgel, cuff, ferire, fight, flagellate, flail, flog, fustigate, give a blow, give a thrashing, hit, inflict, kick, knock down, lambaste, land a blow, lash, lunge at, maul, pelt, percutere, pound, pulsare, pummel, punch, punish, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smite, swing, thrash, thresh, trounce, truncheon, verberare, whip associated concepts: assault, assault and battery, battery IV index attack, defeat, kill (defeat), lash (strike), oscillate, outweigh, overcome (surmount), overwhelm, stress (accent), strike (assault), subdue, subjugate, surmount, surpass, territory, upset