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Defeat

//dɪˈfiːt//

Synonyms for "defeat" (277 found)

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Informal (62)

Noun, verb, slang(24 words)

break end smash skin finish floor whip crush hide tease torpedo dish fizzle trimming clobber loss beat down hiding topple licking

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thrashing warming shellacking dusting

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

beat crash undo clobbering

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(9 words)

fix block settle sink stump cook spike lick conquest

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

fall dash blast squash

Noun, punct, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(6 words)

destroy knock out bring down do in do for take the cake

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

scotch hinder stonewall

Name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

General use (215)

Verb(76 words)

beat kill reduce humble rape dismiss overcome suppress bring down own confront subdue deny dispose of spank contradict flog thrash let down obstruct

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Adj, noun, verb(7 words)

upset overcome perplex downcast subjugate balking confounding

Noun, verb(52 words)

answer ruin put rout challenge overthrow collapse spoil overrun buffet confound scuttle overwhelm beating baffle rebuff overturn repulse lather squelch

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Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun(32 words)

failure mastery destruction licking quietus dissatisfaction setback debacle discomfiture futility disappointment frustration letdown subjugation bankruptcy disillusionment bafflement subdual deathblow miscarriage

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fiasco disconcertion uselessness forlorn hope tantalization vanquishment nonaccomplishment downthrow unsuccessfulness unsuccess nonsuccess successlessness

Name, noun, verb(6 words)

foil balk triumph thrash ko parry

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(4 words)

terminate frustrate disrupt enervate

Name, noun(1 words)

Intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

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