beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

horsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horses

switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod

cowhide - flog with a cowhide

cat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

birch - whip with a birch twig

outscore, outpoint - score more points than one's opponents

walk over - beat easily; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship"

eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

worst, whip, mop up, pip, rack up - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

whomp - beat overwhelmingly

spreadeagle, rout, spread-eagle - defeat disastrously

get the jump - be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors"

chicane, chouse, jockey, cheat, shaft, screw - defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

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"

best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"

outfight - to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"

overmaster, overpower, overwhelm - overcome by superior force

checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

immobilise, immobilize - make defenseless

outplay - excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Mets"

drub, lick, clobber, bat, thrash - beat thoroughly in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

brush down, tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"

criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"