transitive. To put a stumbling-block in the way of; to overthrow; to entrap; to deceive.

transitive. To bring down, overthrow (a person, nation, etc.); to reduce to submission. Obsolete.

figurative. transitive. To bring down, ruin, humiliate; to defeat, destroy.

transitive. To crush or overcome (a person or thing); to subdue, oppress; to reduce to submission, silence, etc.; †to force down to (obsolete)…

figurative in †to bring to the ground: to cast down, overthrow, overcome, subdue; to come (also go) to the ground: to be overcome; to perish; so t…

transitive. To bring to ruin, put to shame, confound; also, to lead astray to one's ruin. (Usually in passive.)

transitive †To put down, overthrow (obsolete). Also Nautical of wind or sea: To make (a vessel) lie on her side.

transitive. To cast down, throw down, cast away or off; to overcome. Now only as past participle: downcast, dejected.

transitive. To encumber, overwhelm, oppress.

transitive. To overwhelm, overthrow, rout, destroy. Obsolete.

transitive. To defeat utterly, discomfit, bring to ruin, destroy, overthrow, rout, bring to nought (an adversary). Obsolete or archaic.

transitive. To cast down (a person or group of people) from a position of influence, prosperity, etc. Also: to defeat, conquer, overcome; to ruin…

= cumber, v. 1, to overwhelm, rout.

transitive. To quell, overcome, subdue.

transitive. To overthrow; to bring to ruin. Cf. overwhelm, v. 2. rare.

To overpower or overcome (a person) with a sudden grip or pinch on the specified part of the body. Also (in extended use): to affect as if…

In extended use. transitive. To make submissive, humble; to overcome, overpower; to reduce to helplessness. Now usually in passive.

transitive. To crush, quell, or utterly subdue (a person); to squash.

figurative. To put down, quell, suppress, lay. Obsolete.

figurative. To dislodge, overthrow, discomfit, nonplus.

transitive. To cast down or lay low; = prostern, v.

transitive. To beat (a person or thing) down; to overpower, overwhelm. Now rare.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1c.)

In various figurative uses. colloquial. To overcome in any way; to beat, defeat, prove too much for. to floor the odds (see quot. 1893).

transitive. To put (a person) down; to reduce to silence; to quell. Now rare.

transitive. To overthrow by, or as if by, a blow; to prostrate. Also figurative.

figurative. To give a fall to, cause to fall, overthrow. Also Scottish, to jilt.

transitive. slang (chiefly U.S.). To overcome, conquer, defeat.

figurative. To crush or break down, as with a steamroller; to ride roughshod over; to overwhelm or squash. Frequently in political contexts.

transitive. With out. Of drink, etc.: to render intoxicated or senseless. Also figurative, to overwhelm. slang (originally U.S.).

Const. out. transitive. To overcome or knock out (in figurative senses).