defeat

1. v. t. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. Source: opted

2. v. t. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. Source: opted

3. v. t. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. Source: opted

4. v. t. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Source: opted

5. v. An undoing or annulling; destruction. Source: opted

6. v. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design. Source: opted

7. v. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory. Source: opted

8. n. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest Source: wordnet

9. n. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals Source: wordnet

10. v. win a victory over Source: wordnet

11. v. thwart the passage of Source: wordnet

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