negated, thwarted, epitomized, pounced, typified, unraveled, ensured, capitulated, overcame, backfired, snicking, faltered, snuffed, blunted, naught, stymied, undermined, outfoxed, resulted, culminated, symbolized, disintegrated, wriggled, exemplified, erased, conceded, crumbled, castled, frustrate, hammered, belied, prevented, stifled, fended, shook, atoned, unhinging, counterattacked, squandered, thumped, smacked, upended, mistiming, nullify, mustered, unfastened, withstood, personified, scuttled, nipped, grabbed, rattled, squelched, steadied, chalked, took, dogged, unrewarded, hoicks, foiled, snaffled, yielded, eluded, nicked, scotched, cinched, stuttered, forgot, fashioned, fizzled, thrashed, hared, clung, reprieving, latched, submarined, predated, struck, failed, counteracted, foxed, overrode, defended, adverted, clipped, lasted, dooms, labored, mattered, ruined, clouted, seemed, presaged, fluffed, sapped, scragged, overshadowed, harrying, whipped, imploded, rewarded, dented

gordian knot