defeat
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Sense: Noun: being beaten in sport
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loss Collocations, beating Collocations, whipping , thrashing , trouncing, drubbing , licking , battering , shellacking , clobbering , thumping , slaughter Collocations , massacre , upset Collocations, shutout , washout , whitewashing
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Sense: Noun: failure
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failure Collocations, collapse Collocations, crash Collocations, nonachievement, non-achievement, nonsuccess, non-success, fail Collocations
Sense: Noun: defeat in war
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loss Collocations, setback Collocations, blow Collocations, slaughter Collocations, massacre, annihilation, conquest, overthrow Collocations, downfall Collocations, ruin Collocations, collapse Collocations, destruction Collocations, extermination, vanquishment
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Sense: Verb: win in sport
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beat Collocations, win against, crush Collocations, eliminate, thrash , edge out, outplay, lick Collocations, pummel , wallop , whip Collocations, pound Collocations, trounce, clobber , skin Collocations , cream Collocations , whomp , take Collocations, flatten Collocations, skin sb alive , take sb to the cleaners , beat the socks off of , beat the pants off of , make mincemeat out of , wipe the floor with , pulverize , pulverise , massacre , shut out , overwhelm Collocations
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Sense: Verb: win in personal combat
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Sense: Verb: frustrate people or plans
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frustrate, get the better of, foil Collocations, thwart Collocations, outwit, outperform, beat Collocations, confound, do better than, undermine Collocations, stump Collocations, best Collocations, baffle Collocations, worst Collocations, quell, outdo, outsmart, disconcert, balk, baulk , break Collocations, nullify, put an end to, be too much for, take the wind out of sb's sails , disappoint Collocations, checkmate, overturn, vanquish, silence Collocations, nonplus, cast down, cook sb's goose , neutralize, neutralise , triumph over
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Sense: Verb: conquer in war
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overcome Collocations, vanquish, conquer Collocations, overwhelm Collocations, rout, crush Collocations, smash Collocations, drive off, annihilate, prevail over, slaughter Collocations, repulse, entrap, subdue Collocations, overrun Collocations, finish off, overthrow Collocations, demolish, wipe out, destroy Collocations, subjugate, halt Collocations, reduce Collocations, outflank, encircle, butcher Collocations, decimate, repel, sack Collocations, sink Collocations, shipwreck, drown Collocations, swamp Collocations, overpower, obliterate, roll back, mop up, chew up, mow down, trample sb/sth in the dust, trample sb/sth underfoot, ravage, outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre
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