defeat

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[ US /dɪˈfit/ ]
[ UK /dɪfˈiːt/ ]

NOUN

the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
the army's only defeat
it was a narrow defeat
they suffered a convincing licking

VERB

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How To Use defeat In A Sentence

For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300. Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship
according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel
No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us.
All was coloured with admiration of his beauty and grace, and mingled with boundless pity for their sad overclouding and defeature! Thomas Wingfold, Curate
Leave it to the Democrats to once again snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. Rendell: 'Very unlikely' Clinton will win
Amidst all that humbles and scathes; amidst all that shatters from their life its verdure, smites to the dust the pomp and summit of their pride, and in the very heart of existence writeth a sudden and "strange defeature," -- they stand erect, -- riven, not uprooted, -- a monument less of pity than of awe! The Disowned — Complete
Ministers are attempting to come up with a compromise to avoid defeat on Wednesday. Times, Sunday Times
After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
He did not want a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat he had suffered.
Their last nine league games have brought four wins, four defeats and a draw. The Sun

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