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make mincemeat ofto defeat someone completely and easily; to destroy or ruin thoroughly

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to defeat someone completely and easily; to destroy or ruin thoroughly

Pronunciation (IPA): /meɪk ˈmɪnsmiːt ʌv/

Example Sentences

  • The debate team captain made mincemeat of the opposing team's weak arguments.
  • My grandmother would make mincemeat of any burglar foolish enough to enter her house.
  • The AI chess program made mincemeat of all human opponents in under 10 moves.

make mincemeat of

VERB

[/meɪk ˈmɪnsmiːt ʌv/]

to defeat someone completely and easily; to destroy or ruin thoroughly

The champion debater will make mincemeat of every opponent on stage tonight.
💡 Concept

The champion debater will make mincemeat of every opponent on stage tonight.

Complete defeat makes enemies retreat!
🎵 Rhyme

Complete defeat makes enemies retreat!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/meɪk ˈmɪnsmiːt ʌv/
🇬🇧 UK/meɪk ˈmɪnsmɪt ɒv/

🌳Etymology

Rootmince

🎵Rhyme

completedefeatretreat
complete
defeat
retreat

🔗Collocations

make mincemeat of the competition
make mincemeat of someone's argument
make mincemeat of the opposition
easily make mincemeat of
make mincemeat of the defense

📝Examples

The debate team captain made mincemeat of the opposing team's weak arguments.

😄 Fun example

My grandmother would make mincemeat of any burglar foolish enough to enter her house.

The AI chess program made mincemeat of all human opponents in under 10 moves.

The food critic made mincemeat of the restaurant's pretentious menu in her scathing review.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

destroy completelydemolishannihilatecrushdevastate

Antonyms

lose tosurrenderyield

Related

pulverizeobliteratetrouncerout

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