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adjective

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verb

past tense of defeat

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to achieve a victory over they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs

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In the northwest suburban 8th District, Krishnamoorthi will hand the seat back to fellow centrist Melissa Bean, who also defeated more progressive candidates in the primary. — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026 Pulido defeated Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz, who took jabs at his showbiz background during her campaign. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026 Cowboys can’t get out of their own way The Cowboys should have defeated the Colts by a comfortable margin, with QB2 coming in the fourth quarter for mop duty. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2026 Ben Saraf bounced back Saturday with 21 points and 12 assists, shooting 9-for-18 from the field as the Long Island Nets defeated the Greensboro Swarm 98-95. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026 But Davis has defeated Republican Laurie Buckhout in the district to clinch another term, the AP has called. — Connor Greene, Time, 8 Nov. 2026 The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the New York Jets 35-12 Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. — Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026 The Lobos defeated Nevada 31-3 this weekend and are 8-1 on the season, but dropped a spot from last week’s poll. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 8 Nov. 2026 Also claiming titles Thursday were 4A Oconee County, which defeated Columbus, and Bremen, with a win over Gordon Lee in Class 2A/A. — Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for defeated

Adjective

The Melbourne duo taps into trip-hop’s essential strangeness on its latest album, trading the genre’s boilerplate languor for dejected moods, menacing auras, and slippery, all-consuming bass.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of dejected

Verb

Its weight got heavier and that weight overcame the plane’s capabilities.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Cutter Gauthier had his second career hat trick, scoring the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and the Ducks overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 on Sunday night.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 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

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After decades of anchoring the morning news, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos have mastered the art of waking up early.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026
Pink Floyd is notorious for not having professionally recorded very many, if any, concerts in the mid- and late ’70s, but this bootleg is said to have mixed and mastered to a level close enough to pro standards for an official release.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of mastered

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This was the teams’ first meeting at T-Mobile Arena since Arizona beat UCLA in the 2023 Pac-12 tournament final for the second year in a row.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
With quarterback Baker Mayfield going 0 for 3 passing, Tampa Bay beat the Atlanta Falcons, 16-0, producing one of the NFL’s strangest box scores in decades — and winning a game in a manner that had essentially disappeared from modern football.

— Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of beat

Adjective

Defense attorney Kimberly Stevens painted Birchmore as a depressed young woman battling lifelong adversities who constructed a fantasy world around marrying Farwell.

— Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2026
In Splintered Harmony, Azriel is depressed as hell — is there not a doctor in Velaris to get this guy a Zoloft prescription?

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026

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