Grew
Overthrew
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- The sequel Pirate's Curse reveals that this was a Pyrrhic Victory, as the genie half of Shantae was absorbed by Risky's Tinkerbats, who grew powerful and overthrew her, forcing Risky into an Enemy Mine situation with Shantae.
Source: The Bad Guy Wins / Video Games -
Even this grew into a problem, so Bolshevik secret police increasingly overthrew results of elections that went against them, shut down presses, closed opposition meeting places, jailed opponents, etc.
Source: Useful Notes / Red October - At one point, though, the Abrahamic God grew in power and overthrew all others, casting them down into lower astral planes (Atziluth in the original stories, Makai in current continuity) and turning them (and their cults) into demons.
Source: Hijacked by Jesus
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