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.
admit defeat,
landslide defeat,
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat,
Defeat of Boudica,
Day of Defeat,
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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.
Similar:
vote out,
vote down,
overcome,
kill,
frustration,
licking,
victory,
triumph,
vanquish,
victorious,
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military,
final,
total,
disastrous,
humiliating,
complete,
decisive,
severe,
electoral,
major,
ultimate
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