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• n  an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
  it was a narrow defeat
  the army's only defeat
• n  the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
• v  win a victory over
  defeat your enemies
• v  thwart the passage of

• Maritime security analysts say a combination of factors both on sea and land contributed to the pirates' near total defeat.
• And that the Jews, Hitler's special victims, might have had a crucial hand in his defeat indeed, that a French Jewess could have ignited her own holocaust of the Fhrer and .
• Terrorists would have seen our defeat as evidence America lacked the resolve to defeat them.

• licking
• frustration
• get the better of
• overcome
• kill
• shoot down
• vote down
• vote out

• victory

News & Articles

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• Miami Heat Defeat San Antonio to Tie NBA Finals at 2 Games Each
  Dwyane Wade had 32 points and the defending champion Heat defeated the San Antonio Spurs 109-93 to even the National Basketball Association Finals at two games apiece and ensure the series will return to Miami.
  June 14, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Teams defeat Pirelli as plans to change Formula One tires are canned: Pirelli admits teams showed opposition to change
  Pirelli has admitted defeat in its attempts to change to Kevlar-belted rear tires from the British GP -- and admits that the decision due to ongoing opposition from some teams.
  June 13, 2013 - AutoWeek
• After defeat, RSU 4 starts school budget over
  WALES — The morning after the school budget's defeat at the polls, RSU 4 Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said he expected to have a new, leaner budget before voters in four to six weeks.
  June 13, 2013 - The Lewiston Sun Journal

Quotes

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• Mitt Romney in RealClearPolitics (blog)
  Referring to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Romney said, "They would retreat, declare defeat, and the consequence of that would be devastating."
• Bob Bradley in The Associated Press
  A stinging, tough defeat,Bradley said. "We knew Ghana was a good team and we didn't get the job done."
• Barack Obama in msnbc.com
  Gen. Petraeus is a pivotal part of our effort to succeed in Afghanistan - and in our broader effort to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaida - and he has my full confidence,Obama said in a statement shortly after the Senate's 99-0 vote.