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beat, crush, defeat, vanquish, overcome, beat out

v. win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

throw, fox, puzzle, baffle, gravel, stupefy, stupify, perplex, mystify, confuse, confound, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound

v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

lick, beat, bat, thrash, clobber, drub

v. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

cane, lambaste, lambast, flog

v. beat with a cane

club, bludgeon

v. strike with a club or a bludgeon

cudgel, strike with a cudgel

v. strike with a cudgel

reduce, keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate

v. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

ruin

v. reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"

capitulate, surrender under agreed conditions

v. surrender under agreed conditions

flag, swag, sag, droop, loll

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

humble, make modest, make humble

v. cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

stump, jumble, confuse, confound, mix up

v. assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

amaze, astonish, astound

v. affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

flabbergast, boggle, overcome with amazement, bowl over

v. overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!"

throw, flurry, confuse, bewilder, put off, disconcert, consternate, bemuse, discombobulate

v. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

block, blockade, stymie, hinder, obstruct, embarrass, stymy

v. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

question, wonder

v. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"

take, consider, look at, deal with

v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

mull, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, chew over, mull over, think over

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

puzzle over, try to solve

v. try to solve

lick, work, get, solve, figure out, puzzle out

v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

lose, fail to win

v. fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"

advance, gain, win, get ahead, make headway, gain ground

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

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