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adjective

as in dejected

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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
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 Dugalic’s teammates with the Mystics, who defeated the Chicago Sky 110-80 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Thursday, were there to celebrate her too. — Russell Lissau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 In last week's semifinals, Fiji beat Canada and Japan defeated the United States. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Breakker was on the mend as Femi defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42, won the King of the Ring Tournament and seemingly ended Lesnar’s career at SummerSlam. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 The Tigers already defeated potential CFP challengers UNLV 27-21 on the road. — Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, Arthur Géa (LL) defeated Michael Zheng (WC) 7-6(7), 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The contest in Nevada is a rerun of 2022, when Democrat Cisco Aguilar narrowly defeated Republican Jim Marchant. — Los Angeles Times, 6 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
  • No, the better choice is Bran, who may not have the bloodline claim but overcame a near-death experience and downloaded the whole of Westerosi history into his brain.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Corbin Carroll hit a two-run walk-off homer with one out in the ninth inning for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who overcame two three-run deficits to beat the Miami Marlins 8-7 on Monday in Phoenix.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 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
  • Those awardees — the people who developed and mastered the famous landing capability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket — were announced in April.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Players like Alcaraz, Sinner and Djokovic have mastered the art of using their open-stance backhand to stretch into and out of the corners.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 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
  • It will be closed by leaders who decide that creating new value beats endlessly compressing old value.
    — Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Colorado beat Georgia Tech in the season opener, but the Buffaloes didn’t look like a good team to me.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of beat
Adjective
  • Instead, medical guidelines typically recommend testosterone for men who report symptoms — including low libido and depressed mood — and have two blood tests confirming low levels of the hormone.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Yet her awakening is dampened by her depressed father and cruel stepmother Abby (Rebecca Hall).
    — William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of depressed
Verb
  • Now the organization says Pascarella has conquered the globe.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Women have conquered space and awareness, helping to broaden the very concept of leadership.
    — WWD Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of conquered

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