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121brownnose — 1. noun One who brownnoses; one who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass kisser, sycophant. A workmate reported the matter, which is why the worker threatened to beat up the latter, calling him a brownnose and threatening to wipe the floor with him. 2.… …
122overpower — verb 1) the prisoners might overpower the crew Syn: gain control over, overwhelm, prevail over, get the better of, outdo, gain mastery over, overthrow, overturn, subdue, suppress, subjugate, repress, bring someone to their knees, conquer, defeat …
123crucify — [v1] execute; torture near to death excruciate, hang, harrow, kill, martyr, martyrize, nail to cross, persecute, rack, torment, torture; concept 252 Ant. exalt crucify [v2] browbeat, destroy with words afflict, agonize, bedevil, bother, harrow,… …
124trounce — verb Turner scored a season high 19 points when the UConn women trounced St. Joseph s 87 – 34 Syn: defeat convincingly, rout, crush, overwhelm; informal hammer, clobber, thrash, whip, drub, shellac, cream, skunk, pulverize, massacre, crucify,… …
125vanquish — verb I promise you, we shall vanquish our enemy and reclaim what is rightfully ours Syn: conquer, defeat, beat, trounce, rout, triumph over, be victorious over, get the better of, worst, upset; overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, subdue,… …
126smear — v 1. spread, daub, bedaub, besmear, Inf. slap on; cover, coat. 2. stain, spot, dirty, soil, smudge, begrime; spatter, splatter, splash. 3. sully, villify, tarnish, blacken, taint; defame, scandalize, denigrate, vituperate, vilipend; slander,… …
127reduce — v 1. decrease, diminish, retrench, subtract, subduct, lessen, shorten, contract, miniaturize; cut, cut into, cut down, cut back, cut short, Inf. make a dent in, abridge, abbreviate, Obs. breviate; narrow, shrink, compress, buff, dock, crop, clip …
128beat someone hollow — TROUNCE, defeat utterly, crush, rout, overwhelm, outclass; informal hammer, clobber, thrash, drub, lick, paste, crucify, slaughter, massacre, flatten, demolish, destroy, annihilate, walk over, wipe the floor with, make mincemeat of; Brit.… …
