Definition of defeat

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Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..

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Confusion :: Confusion (n.) Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
Vacate :: Vacate (v. t.) To defeat; to put an end to.
Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..
Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment..
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Discomfit :: Discomfit (v. t.) To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
Defeature :: Defeature (n.) Disfigurement; deformity.
Euchre :: Euchre (v. t.) To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
Defeated :: Defeated (imp. & p. p.) of Defea.
Disappointed :: Disappointed (a.) Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope..
Frustration :: Frustration (n.) The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs.
Lose :: Lose (v. i.) To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest..
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Outvote :: Outvote (v. t.) To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.
Miscarry :: Miscarry (v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat..
Peremption :: Peremption (n.) A quashing; a defeating.
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..
Victor :: Victor (n.) The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of..
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