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負かす · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Transitive verb meaning to defeat someone in a contest, game, fight, or argument. The object is the person or team being beaten.

〈相あい手て〉を完かん全ぜんに負まかすto utterly defeat an opponent
彼かれはチェスの試し合あいで相あい手てを完かん全ぜんに負まかした。
He completely defeated his opponent in the chess match.
議ぎ論ろんで〈相あい手て〉を負まかすto win an argument against someone
彼かの女じょは議ぎ論ろんで相あい手てを負まかした。
She won the argument against her opponent.
〈数かず〉対たい〈数かず〉で負まかすto defeat someone by a certain score
うちのチームは3対たい1で相あい手てを負まかした。
Our team defeated the opponents 3 to 1.

負まけるN5
負ける is the intransitive partner meaning 'to lose', while 負かす is the transitive verb meaning 'to defeat someone'.

倒たおすN3
倒す can mean 'to defeat' an opponent but also literally 'to knock down' something, whereas 負かす is used specifically for winning against someone in a contest or argument.
打うち破やぶる
打ち破る has a more dramatic, formal tone suggesting a decisive or hard-fought victory, while 負かす is a plainer, everyday word for defeating someone.
破やぶるN4
破る is commonly used for defeating an opponent in sports or competitions, while 負かす is a more general word for beating someone in any contest or argument.
下くだすN1
負かす simply means to beat someone, while 下す carries a more formal, decisive nuance often used in reports of matches or competitions.

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やっつけるN2
負かす focuses narrowly on defeating someone in a contest or argument, whereas やっつける can also mean physically beating someone or forcefully finishing a task.
ひねるN3
捻る (sense 4) suggests defeating an opponent almost effortlessly, while 負かす is the plain, neutral verb for beating someone in a contest.

A transitive verb historically related to 負く and its intransitive counterpart 負ける. It denotes causing an opponent to lose.