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defeats

verb

Meaning

  1. To overcome in battle or contest.
  2. To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
  3. To nullify
  4. The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
  5. The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
  6. Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; nullification.
  7. Destruction, ruin.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

overcome(English)kill(English)vote down(English)vote out(English)frustration(English)licking(English)batter(English)beat(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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