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S: (n) production ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale) "he introduced more efficient methods of production"

S: (v) infest, overrun (invade in great numbers) "the roaches infested our kitchen"
S: (v) invade, overrun, infest (occupy in large numbers or live on a host) "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
S: (v) overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over (flow or run over (a limit or brim))
S: (v) overrun (seize the position of and defeat) "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"

S: (v) get the better of, overcome, defeat (win a victory over) "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"

S: (v) demolish, destroy (defeat soundly and humiliatingly) "The home team demolished the visitors"
S: (v) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict) "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
S: (v) wallop (defeat soundly and utterly) "We'll wallop them!"
S: (v) down (bring down or defeat (an opponent))
S: (v) overrun (seize the position of and defeat) "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
S: (v) lurch, skunk (defeat by a lurch)
S: (v) rout, rout out, expel (cause to flee) "rout out the fighters from their caves"
S: (v) upset (defeat suddenly and unexpectedly) "The foreign team upset the local team"
S: (v) nose (defeat by a narrow margin)
S: (v) conquer (overcome by conquest) "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"
S: (v) survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it (continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)) "He survived the cancer against all odds"