Defeat
Defeat verb - To achieve a victory over.
Gain control of and defeat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gain control of" instead a verb "Defeat".
Gain control of
Defeat and gain control of are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defeat" instead a verb "Gain control of".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- crush and defeat
- crush and gain control of
- master and defeat
- master and gain control of
- conquer and defeat
- conquer and gain control of
- overcome and defeat
- overcome and gain control of
- subdue and defeat
- subdue and gain control of
- vanquish and defeat
- vanquish and gain control of
- overpower and defeat
- overpower and gain control of
Both terms in one sentence
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After his defeat, Bruce manages to gain control of himself before the missile hits zero.
- In the original, he needed to defeat Yugi so that he could gain control of Kaibacorp's technology and create a hologram of Cecilia to live with.
Source: Motive Decay / Anime and Manga - Portable Ops has Zero use Big Boss to defeat Gene and scare the Philosophers enough that Ocelot can gain control of their whereabouts and the American portion of the Philosophers' Legacy.
Source: Unwitting Pawn
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