defeats
Overcomes in competition
Defeats are instances of being beaten or overcome.
A military defeat ends a campaign; an electoral defeat ends a candidacy.
The word also names the act of defeating: The team's defeat of their rivals was decisive.
To hand someone a defeat is to beat them.
A string of defeats suggests repeated failure.
He took the defeat hard.
Defeats or masters
- conquersDefeats and takes control
- vanquishesDefeats thoroughly in conflict
- triumphsOverwhelming victories
- prevailsSucceeds in the end
subdues · overpowers · dominates · crushes · overwhelms · masters · quells · suppresses
Being without something
- setbackReverse in progress
- trouncingOverwhelming defeat
- drubbingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
rout · upset · shutout · blowout · whitewash · humiliation · crushing · thrashing
Causes annoyed disappointment
- thwartsFrustrates or blocks
- foilsDefeats or thin metal
- blocksObstructs or sections
- obstructsBlocks or hinders
derails · undermines · sabotages · nullifies · negates · stymies · impedes · hinders
Armed military engagement
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
retreat · capitulation · invasion · occupation · ambush · campaign · offensive · flank
overcomes
Defeats or masters
- conquersDefeats and takes control
- vanquishesDefeats thoroughly in conflict
- triumphsOverwhelming victories
prevails · subdues · overpowers · dominates · crushes · overwhelms · masters · quells · suppresses · bests
loss
Being without something
beating · rout · upset · shutout · blowout · whitewash · humiliation · crushing · thrashing · shellacking
frustrates
Causes annoyed disappointment
obstructs · derails · undermines · sabotages · nullifies · negates · stymies · impedes · hinders · scuttles
battle
Armed military engagement
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
surrender · retreat · capitulation · invasion · occupation · ambush · campaign · offensive · flank · skirmish
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- matchGame between opponents
- contestOrganized competitive event
game · bout · rivalry · playoffs · finals · semifinal · bracket · qualifier · elimination · showdown
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- War of 1812War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Battle of New Orleans, Fort McHenry, Lake Erie
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, sacrifice, victories
- naval historybattleships, naval battles, naval history, admiral, battleship
- admit defeatAccept that you've lost
- defeat the purposeNegate intended outcome
- accept defeatAcknowledge loss gracefully
- crushing defeatOverwhelming, decisive loss
- admitting defeatAcknowledging loss openly
- total defeatComplete, decisive loss
defeat, defeated, defeating, undefeated, defeatist, defeatism, defeasance, defeatable, defeatedly