demolish, destroy - defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"

beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

wallop - defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

down - bring down or defeat (an opponent)

overrun - seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"

skunk, lurch - defeat by a lurch

get the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"

surmount, master, overcome, subdue, get over - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

rout, rout out, expel - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"

upset - defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"

nose - defeat by a narrow margin

conquer - overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

defeat, get the better of, overcome - 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"

bulldog - throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo

devastate - overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

clutch, get hold of, seize - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"

arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"

benight - overtake with darkness or night

knock out - overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"

stagger - astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"

lock - hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit"

defeat, get the better of, overcome - 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"

powerless, weak - lacking power