Thesaurus: defeat

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1. v. t. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
2. v. t. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
3. v. t. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
4. v. t. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
5. v. An undoing or annulling; destruction.
6. v. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
7. v. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.
8. n. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
9. n. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
10. v. win a victory over
11. v. thwart the passage of
12. 1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.] His unkindness may defeat my life. Shak. 2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. Tillotson. The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. Hallam. In one instance he defeated his own purpose. A. W. Ward. 3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. 4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Sharp reasons to defeat the law. Shak. Syn. -- To baffle; disappoint; frustrate. 1. An undoing or annulling; destruction. [Obs.] Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Shak. 2. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design. 3. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.