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Defeats

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overcomeverb(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
killverb(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
vote downverb(transitive, idiomatic) To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
vote outverb(transitive or intransitive) To expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.
frustrationnounThe feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
lickingnounThe act by which something is licked.
batternounTo hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
beatverbA stroke; a blow.
beatingnounThe pulsation of the heart.
beatsnounA diminutive of the female given names Beatrice or Beatrix.
bestsnoun(countable, often used after definite article) The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.
contradictsverbTo deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
counteractsverb(transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
crossesverbA geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
crushesverbA violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
downsnoun(Sussex) The South Downs.
edgenounAn advantage.
edgesnoun(plural only, African-American Vernacular) The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.
exploreverb(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
failurenounState or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

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