Defeated
Defeated adjective - Beaten or overcome; not victorious.
Taken over and defeated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taken over" instead an adjective "Defeated".
Taken over
Defeated and taken over are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defeated" instead an adjective phrase "Taken over".
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- This was originally Shadow X, though later the role was taken over by the since-defeated-but-not-yet-replaced Reaper Z.
Source: Big Bad / Web Original -
It ends on a horrible cliffhanger, with Mazinger defeated and the Earth seemingly about to be taken over.
Source: Gainax Ending - When HR is finally defeated, the role of the usual adversary is taken over by Vigillance, a group of pro-privacy Western Terrorists.
Source: The Usual Adversaries
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