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  • 121bear down — 1. Overcome, crush, put down, repress. 2. Overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overbear …

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  • 122browbeat — v. a. Bully, overbear, beat down, treat insolently …

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  • 123overpower — v. a. 1. Subdue, conquer, overwhelm, overcome, overturn, overbear, overmaster, defeat, rout, crush, beat, vanquish, subjugate, discomfit, get the better of, get the upper hand of, overmatch. 2. Overwhelm, overcome, overmaster, get the better of,… …

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  • 124overwhelm — v. a. 1. Overflow, spread over and cover, swallow up, whelm, submerge, sink, drown. 2. Overbear, overpower, overcome, subdue, vanquish, conquer, defeat …

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  • 125run down — 1. Catch by chasing, chase to weariness. 2. Run against and sink. 3. Crush, overthrow, overbear, overwhelm. 4. Decry, disparage, depreciate, condemn, traduce, cry down …

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  • 126subjugate — v. a. Conquer, vanquish, subdue, overcome, overpower, overbear, overthrow, master, subject …

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  • 127vanquish — v. a. 1. Conquer, defeat, overcome, subdue, subjugate, overpower, overthrow. 2. Overpower, overbear, master, crush, worst, rout, discomfit, foil, quell, put down, get the upper hand of, get the better of. 3. Confute, disprove, silence, confound …

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  • 128bully — I. n. 1. Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, hector, fire eater, Hotspur, mock hero, swash buckler, browbeater, bully rook, bully rock, domineering stormer. 2. Desperado, villain, blackguard, bawd protector, harlot s henchman. II. v. a. Browbeat,… …

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