Defeat crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 letters

We’ve reviewed finished crosswords to provide this list for “Defeat”, making sure each answer reflects what has already worked for clues with comparable phrasing and intent.

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Synonyms and Definitions

BEAT

• Synonyms: all in, amaze, baffle, beat out, beat up, beatnik, bewilder, bunk, bushed, cadence, circumvent, crush, dead, drum, dumbfound, exhaust, flap, flummox, get, gravel, heartbeat, measure, meter, metre, musical rhythm, mystify, nonplus, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, perplex, pose, pound, pulsate, pulsation, pulse, puzzle, quiver, rhythm, round, scramble, shell, stick, stupefy, thrum, thump, tick, ticktack, ticktock, trounce, tucker, tucker out, vanquish, vex, wash up, work over
• Definition: a standard path followed by a guard or police officer

LOSS

• Synonyms: departure, deprivation, exit, expiration, going, passing, personnel casualty, red, red ink, release

ROUT

• Synonyms: expel, gouge, mob, rabble, root, rootle, rout out, spread-eagle
• Definition: a chaotic gathering of individuals

BEST

• Synonyms: adept, beneficial, better, dear, dependable, effective, estimable, expert, full, good, honest, honorable, in effect, in force, just, near, outdo, outflank, practiced, proficient, respectable, right, ripe, safe, salutary, scoop, secure, serious, skilful, skillful, sound, topper, trump, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt, upright, well

OVERCOME

• Synonyms: get over, get the best, get the better of, have the best, master, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, subdue, surmount, sweep over, whelm

DISCOMFITURE

• Synonyms: discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment

CONQUER

• Synonyms: appropriate, capture, curb, inhibit, seize, stamp down, suppress

CONQUEST

• Synonyms: conquering, seduction, subjection, subjugation

VANQUISH

• Synonyms: beat

FAILURE

• Synonyms: bankruptcy, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

TOP

• Synonyms: acme, big top, circus tent, clear, cover, crest, crown, elevation, exceed, go past, height, lead, meridian, overstep, pass, peak, pinch, pinnacle, round top, spinning top, summit, superlative, teetotum, tip, tiptop, top of the inning, top off, top out, top side, transcend, upper side, upside, whirligig

LICK

• Synonyms: bat, biff, clobber, clout, cream, drub, figure out, lap, lap up, poke, punch, puzzle out, salt lick, slug, solve, thrash, work, work out

TROUNCE

• Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, flog, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lash, lather, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, slash, strap, take to task, welt, whip

OVERTHROW

• Synonyms: bring down, derangement, override, overrule, overturn, reverse, subvert, upset

OUTDO

• Synonyms: best, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass