Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Usage example: this year's profits should better last year's by a wide margin
Outclass
Outclass verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Usage example: a tennis player who outclassed the competition, breezing through the tournament without losing a set
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| everyone | better everyone | outclass everyone |
| girls | better girls | outclass girls |
| counterparts | better counterparts | outclass counterparts |
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Big Bad Wannabe: Giovanni in Dark Rising 2, who unites the other villain team leaders to take over the world, but since Darugis and his majestic gym leaders outclass them in scale, power, and better teams, he really comes off as very insignificant filler.
Source: Video Game / Pokemon Dark Rising - The Ultimate Weapons from Final Fantasy X are very powerful weapons that outclass anything you'll get from vendors or chests, but you can use the crafting system to make custom weapons that are better.
Source: Penultimate Weapon -
For example, the Avenger I assault rifle, the weapon you start off with, is incapable of hitting anything less than five feet away from you; the Avenger X may be better than the Avenger I, but by the time you find it you'll have found models whose IX or even VIII ranks outclass it.
Source: Video Game / Mass Effect
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