as in winner
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
the game's subduers went out for burgers and shakes to celebrate their win over the former state champions
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Down a goal late to Italy, 19-year-old Michelle Agyemang equalized in stoppage time, and Chloe Kelly scored the winner in the 119th minute.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
26 July 2025 -
Exit plan: Offload your long-term winners onto the charity, which will take them, fractional shares included, with a few mouse clicks.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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While pestilence crept over the walls of cities and the countryside fell into desolation—many foreign conquerors of Europe knew how to fight and plunder but not to plow or sow—the monks preserved words.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Those proteins—called effectors—attack specific targets that collectively disable the host's defense responses and make the host more hospitable for its bacterial conqueror.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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Dek is then trapped by his father in laser chains, but saved by his brother who ultimately confronts their father in a fight in which Kwei is not the victor.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
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During the football season, while playing rival DePauw University in Greencastle, the victor takes temporary ownership of the bell prize.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
25 July 2025
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“Subduer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subduer. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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