defeat

IPA: dɪfˈit

noun

  • The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
  • The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
  • Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
  • (obsolete) Destruction, ruin.

verb

  • (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
  • (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
  • (transitive) To nullify
  • To prevent (something) from being achieved.
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