Defeat
Repel
Repel verb - To drive back.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Defeat Means Friendship: Diogo in the 5th film loses his car in a race to Dom, and later helps repel Hobbs when the latter tries to arrest him and Brian at his hangout.
Source: Film / The Fast and the Furious -
In Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, this is the Silver Surfer's pose during the sacrifice made to defeat (or possibly repel) Galactus.
Source: Crucified Hero Shot -
He still manages to repel and almost defeat Saber twice and is sufficiently skilled to unnerve Lancer, and knows a sword technique on the level of an anti-personal Noble Phantasm.
Source: Badass Normal / Video Games
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