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Est. 1828
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Synonyms of ate alive

  • as in whipped
  • as in whipped
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ate alive

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past tense of eat alive
as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin We thought we were prepared, but the other team ate us alive.

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  • whipped
  • buried
  • blew away
  • overcame
  • threw
  • bombed
  • upset
  • flattened
  • mastered
  • trimmed
  • snowed under
  • smoked
  • smothered
  • annihilated
  • pasted
  • topped
  • overwhelmed
  • beat
  • routed
  • skinned
  • creamed
  • took
  • clobbered
  • dusted
  • beat the pants off
  • scored
  • wiped the floor with
  • thrashed
  • won (against)
  • succeeded
  • waxed
  • destroyed
  • swept
  • conquered
  • ran circles around
  • surpassed
  • prevailed (over)
  • whomped
  • exceeded
  • dispatched
  • shellacked
  • trounced
  • triumphed (over)
  • tromped
  • knocked over
  • capped
  • whupped
  • drubbed
  • licked
  • crushed
  • knocked off
  • skunked
  • walloped
  • whopped
  • finished
  • slaughtered
  • subdued
  • subjugated
  • vanquished
  • surmounted
  • aced (out)
  • overpowered
  • edged (out)
  • did in
  • eclipsed
  • overthrew
  • transcended
  • worsted
  • bested
  • flourished
  • excelled
  • outdistanced
  • outdid
  • nosed out
  • outstripped
  • upended
  • bettered
  • overmatched
  • overtopped
  • hurdled
  • outfought
  • sank
  • broke
  • outshone
  • pipped
  • overbore

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ate alive
at ease
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“Ate alive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ate%20alive. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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