n.
Function: noun
1 an overthrow especially of an army in battle FF1C; the brigade suffered a defeat FF1E;
Synonyms: beating, debacle, defeasance, discomfiture, downcast, downthrow, drubbing, ||dusting, licking, overthrow, rout, shellacking, thrashing, trouncing, vanquishment, warming
Related Words: bafflement, check, foil, frustration; rebuff, repulse, reversal, reverse, setback; ||cleaning, ||cleanup, clobbering, lambasting
Contrasted Words: conquest, triumph; gaining, securing, winning; ascendancy, supremacy
Antonyms: victory
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Synonyms: FAILURE 2, insuccess, nonsuccess, unsuccess, unsuccessfulness