beat off's Usage Examples:

forces issued shotguns to the Muslim villagers but these were inadequate to beat off LTTE attacks.

The city, held by Jacobite forces was able to beat off a Williamite assault in 1690.

Fili beat off competition from another Soviet-era power, Zelenograd, for the final RPRL.

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, managed to repel the sieges and beat off all of Sultan Agung"s attacks.

The men of Company B beat off several PAVN attacks before supporting fire allowed the rest of the Company and Company A 1/35th Infantry to land.

Luxembourg had been in the thick of the action and been forced to beat off an attack, directed at his person.

It needed McClellan to run for re-election in 1905 to beat off the tremendous challenge by independent publisher William Randolph Hearst.

On the way, TF"nbsp;39 beat off a 100-plane raid from Rabaul and, by the next day, was in port in Tulagi.

a pair of savage lions which the herdsmen and their dogs are trying to beat off (573–86).

Liverpool beat off stiff competition from Premiership rivals Arsenal, Manchester United and German giants Bayern Munich to secure his services.

East Coast) Squadron held out for twenty-eight hours until relieved, and beat off several attempts to break through their lines.

During the initial stages of the battle, the 18th Division managed to beat off early attempts by the PAVN to capture the town, forcing PAVN commanders.

Schoeffer's men beat off strong Chinese attacks on both French flanks, enabling the other three infantry battalions and the two artillery batteries to make good their retreat.

Synonyms:

spreadeagle, eliminate, outflank, cream, chicane, outperform, subdue, mate, outmatch, surmount, outfox, get the better of, get the jump, best, trump, immobilise, exceed, rout, defeat, outscore, win, drub, clobber, mop up, get the best, have the best, overwhelm, shaft, outstrip, get over, outdo, trounce, thrash, pip, master, jockey, shell, overcome, scoop, lick, overmaster, spread-eagle, surpass, whip, screw, walk over, rack up, chouse, overpower, vanquish, overreach, outsmart, outwit, immobilize, checkmate, outpoint, whomp, circumvent, beat out, outfight, worst, outplay, bat, outgo, cheat, crush,

Antonyms:

lose, arrive, unlash, untie, unstrap,