total defeat
Utter crushing loss
Total defeat is complete and decisive loss, with no partial success or room for recovery.
The phrase implies utter failure—not merely losing, but being overwhelmed: The election was a total defeat for the incumbent party.
In military contexts, total defeat suggests annihilation of fighting capability rather than tactical retreat.
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- crushing blowOverwhelming, decisive strike
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
scorched earth · surrender · capitulation · humiliation · vanquished · conquered · knocked out · overwhelmed · eaten alive · decimated · slaughter · massacre · walloped · trounced · beaten · downfall · collapse · ruin
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- War Endingspeace treaty, armistice, ceasefire agreement, surrender, unconditional surrender
- war resultsvictory, surrender, truce, stalemate, peace treaty
- Beatdownsbeatdown, drubbing, thrashing, trouncing, blowout
- fight resultsknockout, KO, TKO, technical knockout, decision
total defeattotal victory
Winning in every respect
decisive victory · landslide victory · rout · triumph · conquest
total defeatnarrow victory
Win by small margin
close call · squeaker · photo finish · near miss · fighting chance
total defeatdominance
Superior influence over others
supremacy · mastery · hegemony · ascendancy · domination
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