Australian English Meaning of defeat
defeat
Other Australian English words related to defeat
- beat
- best
- conquer
- master
- overcome
- take
- worst
- dispatch
- get
- get by
- Get the better of
- overbearing
- overmatch
- skunk
- stop
- subdue
- success
- overcome
- Trim
- overturn
- prevail (over)
- triumph (over)
- win (against)
- better
- Blow out
- Break
- bury
- cap
- bash
- cream
- crush
- eclipse
- Exceed
- excel
- finish
- flatten
- flourish
- knock over
- nose out
- outdistance
- outdo
- open fight
- outshine
- Outstrip
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- pip
- rout
- score
- shellac
- skin
- Slaughter
- Smoke
- subjugate
- beat
- sweep
- thrash
- top
- transcend
- Thrash
- unseat
- upset
- defeat
- Punch
- wax
- whip
- Out
- blow away
- Go down
- Outdo
- knock for a loop
- under snow
Nearest Words of defeat
Definitions and Meaning of defeat in English
defeat (n)
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
defeat (v)
win a victory over
thwart the passage of
defeat (v. t.)
To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
defeat (v.)
An undoing or annulling; destruction.
Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.
FAQs About the word defeat
defeat
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest, the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals, win a victory over, thwar
beat,best,conquer,master,overcome,take,worst,dispatch,get,get by
fall,lose (to),collapse,give up,go down,go under,flop,fail,fold,Wash out
defeasible => Voidable, defeasanced => defeated, defeasance => annullment, defaulting => defaulter, defaulter => defaulter,
