12
quell(verb, stop, upset, control, beat)
12
rebuff(noun, verb, break, trouble, check)
12
surmount(verb, upset, beat, reduce, crush)
12
triumph(noun, verb, stop, break, beat)
12
whip(verb, phrasal verb, upset, beat, crush)
11
demolish(verb, upset, break, beat, reduce)
11
drub(verb, beat, hit, destroy, crush)
11
lick(verb, phrasal verb, stop, upset, clear)
11
licking(noun, break, act, check, fall)
11
subjugate(verb, upset, control, force, beat)
10
checkmate(verb, stop, beat, check, decline)
10
clobber(verb, break, beat, hit, destroy)
10
confound(verb, upset, break, beat, overcome)
10
debacle(noun, break, check, event, ruin)
10
discomfit(verb, upset, drop, beat, crush)
10
loss(noun, break, drop, check, decline)
10
undo(verb, stop, action, ruin, destroy)
10
win(noun, verb, beat, reduce, hit)
9
break(noun, verb, upset, control, beat)
9
bring down(verb, expression, break, reduce, ruin)
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