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1. conquest, vanquishment, defeat, subjugation, subdual; drubbing, beating, Sl. pasting, Sl. shellacking, trouncing; discomfiture, overwhelming, trampling, overcoming, overpowering, overthrow, wipeout, upset; debacle, disorderly flight, complete dispersal, total repulse.

2. rabble, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail, canaille; mob, herd, horde, clamorous multitude.

3. evening party, soiree; ball dance, ridotto.

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4. defeat, conquer, vanquish, subdue, subjugate; discomfit, overwhelm, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with, overrun, trample, Inf. run into the ground; crush, overthrow, smash, thrash, trounce, trim, whip, drub, floor; worst, hash, Sl. skin, U.S. Sl. skunk, Inf. lick, Sl. cream, Sl. shellac, Sl. pulverize; break, quash, destroy, Sl. zap, clobber, polish off, Sl. do in; beat, get the better of, best, upset, upend, Inf. whomp; disperse, break up, scatter.

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1. search, rummage, ransack, hunt, rifle through, look through, Sl. paw through, explore; turn over, turn inside out, turn upside down, forage; look into, look about for, examine, pry into, poke around for, peer into, snoop around, smell out; shuffle through, sift through.

2.Usu. rout out find, find out, come across, discover, uncover, unearth; bring up, bring to light, dig up, ferret out; root out, fish out, come up with.