defeat
/dɪˈfit/ sustantivo B2En español: derrota, vencimiento
- The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. · Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
- The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing. · The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.
- Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
Plural defeats
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I am, in your opinion, a Lara, a Manfred, a Lord Ruthven; then, just as I am arriving at the climax, you defeat your own end, and seek to make an ordinary man of me.
For a moment Anne felt one sickening pang of defeat and disappointment.
“‘The defeat of the Light Blues may be entirely attributed to the unfortunate absence of the crack International, Godfrey Staunton, whose want was felt at every instant of the game.
It would have been ever so much sweeter to her if he had felt the sting of his defeat.
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