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defeated

/dɪˈfiːtəd/ adjective B1
  1. Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
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Then Josie Pye dared Jane Andrews to hop on her left leg around the garden without stopping once or putting her right foot to the ground; which Jane Andrews gamely tried to do, but gave out at the third corner and had to confess herself defeated.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 173 · C1
I lost a battle in Spain, I have been defeated in Trieste, but my naval army in India will have taken some galleons, and my Mexican pioneers will have discovered some mine.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 693 · C1
“Another hope defeated!” said the count.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 910 · C1
There is no doubt that you have detected and defeated in the most complete manner one of the most determined attempts at bank robbery that have ever come within my experience.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 30 · B2

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