overmaster
111overcome — I. v. a. 1. Subdue, conquer, vanquish, subjugate, overthrow, overwhelm, overturn, overbear, overpower, overmaster, defeat, crush, beat, rout, discomfit, choke, get the better of, get the upper hand of, prostrate. 2. Surmount, rise above. 3. Rule …
112checkmate — n 1. halt, stop, stoppage, arrest, check, stand, stay, Chess. mate; block, blockage, impasse; stalemate, deadlock, standstill, full stop, dead stop; stand off, tie, draw, dead heat. 2. defeat, overthrow, rout, discomfiture; conquest, vanquishment …
113conquer — v 1.(all by force of arms) acquire, obtain, win; overrun, occupy, annex; seize, take, take over, appropriate. 2. vanquish, subdue, subjugate, master, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, overthrow, defeat; reduce, prostrate, flatten, crush, smash,… …
114devastate — v 1. lay waste, waste, desolate; despoil, Archaic. spoil, spoliate, ravage, harry, pillage, plunder, depredate; ransack, sack, strip, rifle; destroy, blast, wreck, ruin, lay in ruins; demolish, raze, level, gut, obliterate, annihilate, extirpate …
115discomfit — v 1. rout, trounce, drub, whip, crush, overwhelm, put to flight, floor, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with, Inf. make short work of; conquer, subjugate, vanquish, subdue, overpower, overthrow, master, overmaster; overcome, defeat, beat, worst, lick,… …
116master — n 1. lord, lord and master, overlord, ruler, tyrant, dictator, despot; king, sovereign, monarch, majesty, crowned head, potentate, dynast; prince, emperor, rajah, maharajah, sultan, czar, Caesar, kaiser, Fr. roi, Latin, rex. sheik, khan, governor …
117oppress — v 1. burden, trouble, encumber, cumber, charge, weigh; strain, break, grind, press; handicap, hamper, tax; work, drive, overwork, overdrive, fag, task; exhaust, wear, wear down, weary; overload, overcharge, load, surcharge, overwhelm. 2.… …
118overpower — v 1. overcome, overwhelm, floor, dumfound, daze, stagger, stupefy, stun, nonplus, take aback; Inf. knock off one s feet, Inf. bowl over, Sl. knock for a loop, Inf. blow one s mind; move, stir, affect, touch, touch to the quick; reach, Inf. get or …
119overthrow — v 1. vanquish, conquer, subjugate, Sl. shellac; defeat, beat, rout, discomfit, worst, thrash; overpower, overmaster, be victorious over, Inf. whip; subvert, overturn, overcome, overwhelm, prevail over, surmount; quash, quell, squash, squelch;… …
120overturn — v 1. overthrow, subvert, vanquish, conquer, triumph over, win out or out over, Inf. beat out, be victorious over, get the better of; overbear, overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overmaster, prevail over, surmount, rise above, transcend, master,… …
