To overcome in battle or contest.
To nullify
To prevent (something) from being achieved.
To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
To forcefully teach something.
To criticize harshly; to excoriate.
Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.