to overbeat
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈbiːt/
- Last year, the champion overbeat every opponent in the tournament with ease.
Examples
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The home team overbeat their rivals by five goals in a crushing victory.
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How did she manage to overbeat the competition?
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If we play our best, we might overbeat the other team in the finals.
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The champion overbeat his opponent in the final match.
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The home team overbeat their rivals by five goals in a crushing victory.
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Last year, the champion overbeat every opponent in the tournament with ease.
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If we play our best, we might overbeat the other team in the finals.
Synonyms
To defeat another person or team in a contest
To win all games or contests in a competition
Defeat someone or something completely using greater force
To beat someone easily in a game or fight
To beat someone easily in a game or contest
Do better than and beat an opponent in a game
To beat an opponent by a large amount in a game or contest
To beat someone by a large amount in a contest or game
To beat someone completely in a game or fight
Beat someone very easily
Beat someone completely in a game or contest
Win easily by a lot against another person or team
To beat someone very badly in a game or match
To beat someone easily and completely
To beat someone very easily and completely in a game or contest
Beat someone by a lot
To beat someone badly in a game
To win against other teams or companies in a contest
Antonyms
How Decisive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overbeat comes from the parts over- meaning 'too much' and beat meaning 'to defeat'. So to overbeat an opponent is to beat them 'by a large amount', which is why the word suggests an easy or strong victory.