I beat my opponent in the game.
Battlefield tactics are intended to demoralize the opponent.
example he aggressively tackled the opponent to the ground
i was playin a opponent in checkers
I lobbed the ball to him. Lob a tennis shot over an opponent's head.
I suffered defeat at the hands of my opponent.
He tried to intimidate his opponent.
My talented opponent parried my every thrust.
The soccer player was given a yellow card for a foul tackle on his opponent.
In the boxing match, the veteran fighter's experience trumped his younger opponent's athleticism. The word trumped is used as a verb.
Some professional wrestlers stop the competition by upending their opponent. I'll be at the pub, upending a pint or two.
The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.
He was a formidable opponent.