Synonym: overcome, triumph, win. Antonym: victory. Similar words: feather, defend, feature, defense, defender, defendant, defensive, deference. Meaning: [dɪ'fiːt] 
n. 1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest 2. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. v. 1. win a victory over 2. thwart the passage of.
n. 1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest 2. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. v. 1. win a victory over 2. thwart the passage of. 
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61. They came to see defeat as inevitable.
62. Sisters, we must rise up and defeat our oppressors.
63. Since Japan's defeat, the military has remained largely emasculated.
64. They forecast a humiliating defeat for the Prime Minister.
65. I never consider the possibility of defeat.
66. The football team suffered a defeat.
67. Don't let this defeat dishearten you.
68. Her silence was taken as an admission of guilt/defeat.
69. He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat.
70. Our defeat was expected but it is disappointing nevertheless.
71. He bamboozled Mercer into defeat.
72. Since his defeat he's dropped out of politics.
73. Pre-emption was the only method of averting defeat.
74. The prime minister conceded defeat and resigned.
75. He suffered a stunning defeat in the election.
76. He prepared himself to accept defeat.
77. After their defeat in battle,[http://sentencedict.com/defeat.html] the soldiers surrendered.
78. My confidence went completely after my first major defeat.
79. They're still smarting from their defeat in the final.
80. The 3-0 defeat was a first for the team.
81. For Haskill, selling the restaurant would be admitting defeat.
82. He strained every nerve to snatch victory from defeat.
83. Mr Taylor's election defeat was a close run thing.
84. The team went down to their fifth consecutive defeat.
85. The team were wailing over their defeat.
86. That was regarded as an Iranian defeat of Iraq.
87. This defeat marked a change in the team's fortunes.
88. A mood of defeat permeated the whole army.
89. He remained quietly dignified in defeat.
90. The defeat was the nadir of her career.
More similar words: feather, defend, feature, defense, defender, defendant, defensive, deference, fear, for fear of, refer, prefer, define, deficit, defunct, refer to, preferred, aside from, reference, preference, definition, definitely, preferable, definitive, eat, neat, seat, eat up, wheat, cheat.