overcome

1. Win a victory over (synset 201110559)
   "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
   subtypes:

   • demolish, destroy - defeat soundly and humiliatingly
   • beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
   • wallop - defeat soundly and utterly
   • down - bring down or defeat (an opponent)
   • overrun - seize the position of and defeat
   • lurch, skunk - defeat by a lurch
   • expel, rout, rout out - cause to flee
   • upset - defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
   • nose - defeat by a narrow margin
   • conquer - overcome by conquest
   • come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
   same as: defeat, get the better of
2. Get on top of;
   Deal with successfully (synset 201111038)
   "He overcame his shyness"
   is a type of: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
   subtypes: bulldog - throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
   same as: get over, master, subdue, surmount
3. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli (synset 201813288)
   is a type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
   subtypes:

   • devastate - overwhelm or overpower
   • clutch, get hold of, seize - affect
   • kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
   • benight - overtake with darkness or night
   • knock out - overwhelm with admiration
   • stagger - astound or overwhelm, as with shock
   • lock - hold fast (in a certain state)
   same as: overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm
4. Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome (synset 201106429)
   "Heart disease can get the best of us"
   is a type of: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
   same as: get the best, have the best

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