Defeats
Mastery
Mastery noun - A highly developed skill in or knowledge of something.
Both words in one sentence
- In the end, American President Luthor outwits and defeats Superman's global communist takeover and ushers in a new era of peace, prosperity, and technological mastery for mankind.
Source: Here We Go Again - In the manga, Sanosuke Sagara upgrades Anji's finishing move, Mastery of Two Layers, which Anji had taught him, into Mastery of Three Layers and defeats him with it.
Source: Surpassed the Teacher - The woman who falls in love with her opponent after he defeats/stands up to her is not enough to qualify for this trope — there must be a clear injunction that she cannot love any man until he proves his mastery by defeating her.
Source: Best Her to Bed Her
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