Break
Overcome
Overcome verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: the baseball team finally overcame their opponents in the 13th inning
Break and overcome are semantically related in deed topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Overcome".
Nearby Word: overcoming
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, Zuko's going on "field trips" with Sokka and Katara, to break their father out of prison and find their mother's murderer, respectively, help them overcome their distrust out of them.
Source: Fire-Forged Friends -
This resistance can be overcome, though, and sufficiently realistic video games are one of the things that can help break it down.
Source: I Know Mortal Kombat - As much as they adore each other, they ultimately cannot overcome their differences and break up.
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Overcome and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/overcome
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