defeat
verb
[ dɪˈfiːt ]
• win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat.
• "Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army"
Similar:
beat,
conquer,
win against,
win a victory over,
triumph over,
prevail over,
get the better of,
best,
worst,
vanquish,
rout,
trounce,
overcome,
overpower,
overthrow,
overwhelm,
crush,
quash,
bring someone to their knees,
quell,
subjugate,
subdue,
repulse,
lick,
thrash,
hammer,
whip,
wipe the floor with,
walk all over,
give someone a hiding,
take to the cleaners,
blow out of the water,
run rings round/around,
make mincemeat of,
clobber,
paste,
pound,
pulverize,
crucify,
murder,
massacre,
slaughter,
demolish,
drub,
give someone a drubbing,
cane,
zap,
flatten,
turn inside out,
tank,
pwn,
stuff,
marmalize,
blow out,
cream,
shellac,
skunk,
slam,
own,
Opposite:
lose to,
defeat
noun
• an instance of defeating or being defeated.
• "a 1–0 defeat by Grimsby"
Similar:
loss,
beating,
conquest,
conquering,
besting,
worsting,
vanquishing,
vanquishment,
game,
set,
and match,
rout,
trouncing,
overpowering,
subjugation,
subduing,
reverse,
debacle,
downfall,
thrashing,
hiding,
drubbing,
licking,
hammering,
whipping,
clobbering,
pasting,
pounding,
pulverizing,
massacre,
slaughter,
demolition,
caning,
flattening,
pwnage,
ownage,
failure,
breakdown,
collapse,
ruin,
lack of success,
discomfiture,
rejection,
frustration,
foundering,
misfiring,
overthrow,
abortion,
miscarriage,
undoing,
disappointment,
setback,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’.
