Related Words for defeat

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WordSyllablesCategories
overcome
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Verb, Noun
kill
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Noun, Verb, Noun
frustration
x/x
Noun, Noun
licking
/x
Noun, Noun
victory
/xx
Noun, Noun
triumph
/x
Noun, Noun
vanquish
/x
Verb
victorious
x/xx
Adjective
battle
/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun
fight
/
Noun
thwart
/
Verb
crushing
/x
Verb
annihilate
x/xx
Verb
setback
/x
Noun
downfall
/x
Noun
capitulation
xxx/x
Noun
discomfiture
x/xx
Noun
conquer
/x
Verb
enemy
/xx
Noun
overthrow
/xx
Noun
opponent
x/x
Noun
humiliation
xxx/x
Noun
showdown
/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
failure
/x
Noun
subjugation
/x/x
Noun
opposition
xx/x
Noun
nullify
/xx
Verb
loss
/
Noun
beat
/
Noun
nemesis
/xx
Noun
crippling
/xx
Noun
assault
x/
Noun
triumphant
x/x
Adjective
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
adversaries
/xxx
Noun
devastating
/xxx
Adjective
conquest
/x
Noun
destroy
x/
Verb
revenge
x/
Noun
repudiation
xxx/x
Noun
counterattack
/xxx
Noun
evade
x/
Verb
rout
/
Noun
victor
/x
Noun
subdue
x/
Verb
undefeated
xx/x
Adjective
combat
/x
Noun
invasion
x/x
Noun
demise
x/
Noun
discouragement
x/xx
Noun
defy
x/
Verb
take
/
Verb
defend
x/
Verb
defect
/x
Noun
succumb
x/
Verb
field
/
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
battle it out
/x//
Phrase, Verb
lose out
//
Phrase, Verb
lose
/
Verb
surmount
x/
Verb
default
x/
Noun
outsmart
/x
Verb
upset
x/
Noun
worst
/
Adjective
fall
/
Noun
outwit
/x
Verb
encounter
x/x
Noun
face
/
Noun
deflate
x/
Verb
overpower
xx/x
Verb
contest
/x
Noun
submit
x/
Verb
best
/
Adjective
defence
x/
Noun
smite
/
Verb
fail
/
Verb
counter
/x
Noun
frustrate
/x
Verb
defile
x/
Noun
deflect
x/
Verb
smash
/
Noun
wipe up
//
Phrase, Verb
fight back
//
Phrase, Verb
withstand
x/
Verb
get the better of
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
nose
/
Noun
clear out
//
Phrase, Verb
give up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
attempt
x/
Noun
paste
/
Noun
prostrate
/x
Adjective
overturn
/xx
Verb
confound
x/
Verb
fight off
//
Phrase, Verb
nose out
//
Phrase, Verb
reduce
x/
Verb
forbid
x/
Verb
resist
x/
Verb
challenge
/x
Noun
surrender
x/x
Noun
slay
/
Verb
put to shame
///
Phrase, Verb
turn against
/x/
Phrase, Verb
massacre
/xx
Noun
confront
x/
Verb
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
whip
/
Noun
stomp on
//
Phrase, Verb
innings
/x
Adjective
armada
x/x
Noun
ignominious
xx/xx
Adjective
braddock
/x
Name
cannae
xx
Noun
smarting
/x
Verb
resounding
x/x
Verb
conceding
x/x
Verb
stalingrad
/xx
Name
ignominy
/xxx
Noun
sandinistas
xx/x
Name
waterloo
/xx
Name
inglorious
x/xx
Adjective
avenged
x/
Verb
saratoga
xx/x
Name
stave
/
Verb
napoleon
x/xx
Name
sedan
x/
Noun
disastrous
x/x
Adjective
disheartened
x/x
Verb
inflicted
x/x
Verb
polls
/
Noun
abdication
xx/x
Noun
abort
x/
Verb, Noun
american
x/xx
Name, Adjective
amoral
x/x
Adjective
annul
/x
Verb
anticompetitive
xxx/xx
Adjective
apathy
/xx
Noun
athenian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
autism
/xx
Noun
auxiliary
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
backfire
/x
Verb, Noun
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
checkmate
/x
Noun, Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
confederated
x/xxx
Name, Adjective, Verb
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
contravene
/xx
Verb
controllable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
correction
x/x
Noun
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
crackdown
/x
Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
deactivate
x/xx
Verb
debacle
x/x
Noun
defection
x/x
Noun
demolish
x/x
Verb
deprive
x/
Verb
derail
x/
Verb, Noun
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
disappoint
xx/
Verb
disaster
x/x
Noun
discipline
/xx
Noun, Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
dispel
x/
Verb, Noun
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
disprove
x/
Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
expel
x/
Verb
expire
x/
Verb
external
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fiasco
x/x
Noun
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foil
/
Noun, Verb
get over
//x
Phrase, Verb
impede
x/
Verb
invalidation
xxx/x
Noun
islam
x/
Name
loser
/x
Noun
lurch
/
Noun, Verb
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
murder
/x
Noun, Verb
neutralise
/xx
Verb
neutralization
xxx/x
Noun
neutralize
/xx
Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
oppression
x/x
Noun
outdo
x/
Verb
override
/xx
Verb, Noun
prevail
x/
Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
rebut
x/
Verb
refraction
x/x
Noun
refute
x/
Verb
reject
x/
Verb, Noun
rejection
x/x
Noun
relinquishment
x/xx
Noun
repel
x/
Verb
repression
x/x
Noun
repulse
x/
Noun, Verb
resign
x/
Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
revoke
x/
Verb, Noun
rid
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sabotage
/xx
Noun, Verb
scuttle
/x
Verb, Noun
severely
x/x
Adverb
shipwreck
/x
Noun, Verb
sink
/
Noun, Verb
skunk
/
Noun, Verb
slaughter
/x
Noun, Verb
subvert
x/
Verb, Noun
succeed
x/
Verb
suffer
/x
Verb
swim
/
Verb, Noun
tackle
/x
Verb, Noun
thrashing
/x
Noun
topple
/x
Verb, Noun
undermine
/xx
Verb
undo
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
unravel
x/x
Verb
untie
x/
Verb
wallop
/x
Noun, Verb
war
/
Noun, Verb
weaken
/x
Verb
win
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name