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defeat
(d/I/'f/i/t )

noun (n)

  • an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest(noun.event)
    Example:
    It was a narrow defeat.
    The army's only defeat.
    Synonym:
    licking
    Antonym:
    triumph, victory
    source: wordnet30
  • the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals(noun.feeling)
    Synonym:
    frustration
    source: wordnet30
  • An undoing or annulling; destruction.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • win a victory over(verb.competition)
    Example:
    Defeat your enemies.
    Synonym:
    get the better of, overcome
    source: wordnet30
  • thwart the passage of(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out
    source: wordnet30
  • To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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