"outcompete" meaning in English

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          "word": "overcompete"
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          "ref": "2014, Bill Nye, Corey S. Powell, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation:",
          "text": "It shows the peahens that the peacock is strong. And it shows other males that this peacock can outstrut, outfly, outcourt, and generally outcompete them.",
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          "ref": "2020 November 7, Yuval Noah Harari, “At Home With Our Ancient Cousins, the Neanderthals”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "While individual Neanderthals were perhaps as inquisitive, imaginative and creative as individual Sapiens, superior networking enabled Sapiens to swiftly outcompete Neanderthals.",
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          "ref": "2022 July 11, Helena Horton, “Oral contraceptives could help reduce grey squirrel numbers, research finds”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Grey squirrels are an invasive species in the UK, introduced from North America in the 1870s. They pose a problem for wildlife including endangered red squirrels, which they outcompete.",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "be much more successful than a competitor",
          "word": "udkonkurrere"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "be much more successful than a competitor",
          "word": "auskonkurrieren"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "be much more successful than a competitor",
          "word": "verdrängen"
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      "sense": "be much more successful than a competitor",
      "word": "udkonkurrere"
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      "sense": "be much more successful than a competitor",
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      "sense": "be much more successful than a competitor",
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