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overcome
Synonyms and Antonyms of overcome
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to achieve a victory over
edge (out), nose out, pip [British]
annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip
cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed
knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish
ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
get the better of, knock for a loop
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to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
Synonym Discussion of overcome
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- Caesar conquered Gaul
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- vanquished the enemy and ended the war
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- the Confederates defeated the Union forces at Manassas
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- subdued the native tribes after years of fighting
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- the city was reduced after a month-long siege
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- overcame a host of bureaucratic roadblocks
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- violently overthrew the old regime
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