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defeat

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1 failure to win a contest

sore losers still griping about their defeat in the basketball game earlier that week

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2 a falling short of one's goals

truly disheartened by the defeat of his plans to revitalize downtown

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victory,
win

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defeat

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Synonyms & Antonyms of defeat (Entry 2 of 2)

to achieve a victory over

they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs

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sweep

edge (out),
nose out,
pip
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lose (to)

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conquer, vanquish, defeat, subdue, reduce, overcome, overthrow mean to get the better of by force or strategy. conquer implies gaining mastery of. Caesar conquered Gaul vanquish implies a complete overpowering. vanquished the enemy and ended the war defeat does not imply the finality or completeness of vanquish which it otherwise equals. the Confederates defeated the Union forces at Manassas subdue implies a defeating and suppression. subdued the native tribes after years of fighting reduce implies a forcing to capitulate or surrender. the city was reduced after a month-long siege overcome suggests getting the better of with difficulty or after hard struggle. overcame a host of bureaucratic roadblocks overthrow stresses the bringing down or destruction of existing power. violently overthrew the old regime