defeat
Part of speech: verb
To overeome; vanquish; frustrate.
Part of speech: noun
An overthrow; frustration; an annulment.
Usage examples "defeat":
- You admit your defeat, then? - "By Wit of Woman", Arthur W. Marchmont.
- So he fell asleep again, and the black night settled on the city, and he heard no more the voices wailing in the darkness, " Another British defeat!" - "Masterman and Son", W. J. Dawson.
- It seemed to me that I could, with the cross, easily defeat them altogether. - "The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus", Teresa of Avila.
