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adjective

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verb

past tense of defeat
as in overcame
to achieve a victory over they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs

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Recent Examples of defeated
Verb
Drake Lindsey tossed three touchdowns in the first half to three different receivers and Minnesota defeated Washington 27-24 on Saturday night. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 The Orange Order is named after William of Orange, a Protestant prince of Holland who defeated the Catholic King James to take over the British throne in the 17th century. — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 The Guardians defeated the Kansas City Royals 12-9 on Friday. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026 The Texas Longhorns defeated the Tennessee Volunteers at Rocky Top on Saturday, 20-17. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026 The Cubs defeated the Marlins on Thursday, 2-1, to clinch a postseason berth. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 Florida’s new law is a compromise that the industry, which defeated other legislative efforts previously, can live with comfortably. — Mike Ryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 In 2022, Hoover defeated sitting legislator Ken Cooley by just 1 percentage point in a race that took days to call. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026 The Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Saturday night in Arlington, followed shortly by the completion of the Houston Astros’ 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves in Houston. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defeated
  1. dejected
  2. overcame
  3. dispirited
  4. mastered
  5. disconsolate
  6. beat
  7. depressed
  8. conquered
Adjective
  • In Brand New Day, Peter resumes his duties as a friendly neighborhood superhero in New York City, but also remains dejected that MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) are moving on with their lives without any memory of his love and friendship.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The sea of yellow applauding the efforts of the dejected Brazilian players who milled about, seemingly unwilling to accept that a match that took so long to really get going was over so quickly.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of dejected
Verb
  • Saturday’s game showed a team that overcame both mental and physical hurdles.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Yet Johncock, who started 11th, overcame the chaos and was one of just two cars on the lead lap when more rain forced the race to be stopped.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of overcame
Adjective
  • Other than dispirited Red Sox fans still smarting over the ’75 World Series, nobody really hated those Reds.
    — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • On the Republican side in the Senate race, former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy spent the day knocking on doors in his hometown of Springfield alongside his 10-year-old grandson Charles, urging dispirited conservative voters to turn out Tuesday.
    — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of dispirited
Verb
  • It was produced by Federico Vindver, Luis Salazar and Sampaio; Jean Rodriguez handled vocal recording and production, and Mosty mixed and mastered the track.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Clearly, the princess has mastered the art of dressing for the occasion.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of mastered
Adjective
  • Foden, left in the dressing room with a coach for the rest of the first half, would have been disconsolate.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Players were visibly disconsolate afterward, the sign of a team that expects to win every day.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
Definition of disconsolate
Verb
  • Prosecutors said Pike cut Slemmer with a box cutter and beat her with a large chunk of asphalt.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In terms of total latency between 4K60 and 1080p120, the Roku Pro Series beats the U6SF Pro by a fifth of a millisecond, earning our latest PCMag Lab Award for lowest input lag.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of beat
Adjective
  • Many, like me, will become depressed for the rest of our lives.
    — Marie Lisette Rimer, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • His leading role as depressed outcast Pierre earned him his first of two Tony Award nominations for best actor in a musical.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of depressed
Verb
  • The title hints that the film will follow Aegon the Conqueror, who, along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, invaded Westeros and conquered most of the Seven Kingdoms with the help of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After consolidating their political power throughout Italy, the Romans conquered most of southern and western Europe and the Mediterranean coastal regions, including North Africa.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of conquered

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