outmusclev.
/ˌaʊtˈmʌsl/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈməs(ə)l/ 1. transitive. To exceed in physical strength, to have larger muscles than; (hence) to overpower, to defeat by force. Frequently in passive.
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1958 Health & Strength 19 June 7/1 He was out-reached, out-weighed and out-muscled by most of the men he beat.
1982 J. P. Rawlins in G. E. Slusser et al. Bridges to Fantasy 169 The military is then free to fight the Thing.., and the monster is finally outmuscled, not outthought, when our boys find a big enough bang.
1997 Boxing News 19 Dec. 7/1 The intention—to show Otis he would not be outmuscled—was wasted on the Canadian.
2. transitive. figurative and in extended use. To defeat or outdo; to exceed in strength or power.
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1978 I. H. Bartlett Daniel Webster 241 Webster expected to pay a certain political price as far as the Whigs were concerned, but he would not be out-muscled on his own territory by a second-rater like Lawrence.
1990 E. Van Lustbader White Ninja Introd. 4 The scent of sweat outmuscled all others now.
2002 Cigar Aficionado Jan. 150/1 His El Rico was an anomaly, a non-Cuban cigar that could outmuscle a Havana.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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