💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Defeats"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| frustrationnoun | The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something. |
| lickingnoun | The act by which something is licked. |
| batternoun | To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. |
| beatverb | A stroke; a blow. |
| beatingnoun | The pulsation of the heart. |
| beatsnoun | A 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. |
| contradictsverb | To 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. |
| crossesverb | A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. |
| crushesverb | A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. |
| downsnoun | (Sussex) The South Downs. |
| edgenoun | An 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. |
| failurenoun | State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. |
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