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defeat
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of DEFEAT
1
failure to win a contest <sore losers still griping about their defeat in the basketball game earlier that week>
Synonyms beating, drubbing, licking, loss, lump, overthrow, plastering, rout, shellacking, trimming, trouncing, whipping
Related Words collapse, debacle (also débâcle), failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, nonsuccess, setback, upset; lurch, shutout, washout, whitewash
Near Antonyms accomplishment, achievement; blowout, cakewalk, landslide, romp, runaway, sweep, walkaway, walkover
2
a falling short of one's goals <truly disheartened by the defeat of his plans to revitalize downtown>
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