| VERB | competition | defeat, get the better of, overcome | win a victory over |
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| social | defeat, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out | thwart the passage of | |
| NOUN | event | defeat, licking | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
| feeling | defeat, frustration | the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals |
| Sounds | dihfiy't | |
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| Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... | |
| Meaning | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest. | |
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| Synonym | licking | |
| Narrower | heartbreaker | A narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute |
| lurch | A decisive defeat in a game / game / game (especially in cribbage) | |
| rout | An overwhelming defeat | |
| shutout, skunk | A defeat in a game / game / game where one side fails to score | |
| thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping | A sound defeat | |
| waterloo | A final / final crushing defeat | |
| whitewash | A defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score | |
| Broader | ending, conclusion, finish | event whose occurrence ends something |
| failure | An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | |
| Opposite | victory, triumph | A successful ending of a struggle or contest / contest |
| Spanish | derrota | |
| Catalan | derrota, desfeta | |
| Nouns | defeatist | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions |
| Verbs | defeat | thwart the passage of |
| Meaning | The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. | |
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| Synonym | frustration | |
| Broader | disappointment, letdown | A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized |
| Spanish | derrota, fracaso, frustración | |
| Catalan | derrota, fracàs, frustració | |
| Nouns | defeatist | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions |
| Meaning | win a victory over. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The fighter managed to defeat his opponent | |
| Example | "defeat your enemies" | |
| Synonyms | get the better of, overcome | |
| Narrower | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| conquer | Overcome by conquest | |
| demolish, destroy | defeat soundly | |
| down | bring down or defeat (an opponent) | |
| lurch, skunk | defeat by a lurch | |
| nose | defeat by a narrow margin | |
| overrun | seize the position of and defeat | |
| rout, rout out, expel | Cause to flee | |
| survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it | Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) | |
| upset | defeat suddenly and unexpectedly / unexpectedly | |
| wallop | defeat soundly and utterly | |
| Spanish | derrotar, recuperarse, superar, vencer | |
| Catalan | derrotar, recuperar-se, superar, vèncer | |
| Meaning | thwart the passage of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out | |
| Broader | veto, blackball, negative | Vote against |
| Spanish | echar abajo, echar a perder, frustrar, vencer, votar en contra | |
| Catalan | derrotar | |
| Nouns | defeat | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
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