| defeat | | |
| n. (event) | 1. defeat, licking | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest.; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking" |
| ~ conclusion, ending, finish | event whose occurrence ends something.; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| ~ failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.; "the surprise party was a complete failure" |
| ~ heartbreaker | a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute. |
| ~ lurch | a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage). |
| ~ rout | an overwhelming defeat. |
| ~ shutout, skunk | a defeat in a game where one side fails to score. |
| ~ drubbing, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, slaughter, whipping, debacle | a sound defeat. |
| ~ waterloo | a final crushing defeat.; "he met his waterloo" |
| ~ whitewash | a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. defeat, frustration | the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. |
| ~ disappointment, letdown | a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized.; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment" |
| v. (competition) | 3. defeat, get the better of, overcome | win a victory over.; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" |
| ~ demolish, destroy | defeat soundly.; "The home team demolished the visitors" |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| ~ wallop | defeat soundly and utterly.; "We'll wallop them!" |
| ~ down | bring down or defeat (an opponent). |
| ~ overrun | seize the position of and defeat.; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land" |
| ~ skunk, lurch | defeat by a lurch. |
| ~ rout, expel, rout out | cause to flee.; "rout out the fighters from their caves" |
| ~ upset | defeat suddenly and unexpectedly.; "The foreign team upset the local team" |
| ~ nose | defeat by a narrow margin. |
| ~ conquer | overcome by conquest.; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country" |
| ~ make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through | continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.).; "He survived the cancer against all odds" |
| v. (social) | 4. defeat, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out | thwart the passage of.; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" |
| ~ negative, veto, blackball | vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent.; "The President vetoed the bill" |
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