Definitions from Wiktionary (defeat)
▸ verb: (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
▸ verb: (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To nullify
▸ verb: To prevent (something) from being achieved.
▸ noun: The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
▸ noun: The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
▸ noun: Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Destruction, ruin.
▸ Also see defeat
Dewey Defeats Truman,
defeats on the field of play,
defeats popular belief,
defeats on the field,
utter defeats,
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▸ verb: (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
▸ verb: (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To nullify
▸ verb: To prevent (something) from being achieved.
▸ noun: The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
▸ noun: The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
▸ noun: Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Destruction, ruin.
▸ Also see defeat
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Adjectives:
military,
many,
several,
successive,
humiliating,
severe,
disastrous,
major,
serious,
electoral,
recent
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