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defeat::noun | Spocien Dictionary

defeat

/dɪ'fit/

an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

Type	Words
Synonyms	licking
Type of	ending, failure, finish, conclusion
Has types	heartbreaker, lurch, rout, shutout, waterloo, whipping, whitewash, debacle, drubbing, skunk, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping
Derivation	defeatist

it was a narrow defeat.

the army's only defeat.

defeat

/dɪ'fit/

the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

defeat

/dɪ'fit/

win a victory over

Type	Words
Synonyms	get the better of, overcome
Has types	vanquish, wallop, beat, beat out, come through, conquer, crush, demolish, destroy, down, expel, lurch, make it, nose, overrun, pull round, pull through, rout, rout out, shell, skunk, survive, trounce, upset

defeat your enemies.

defeat

/dɪ'fit/

thwart the passage of

Type	Words
Synonyms	kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out
Type of	negative, veto, blackball