Crossword-Solution: DEFEAT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Defeat | v. t. | To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. |
| Defeat | v. t. | To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. |
| Defeat | v. t. | To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. |
| Defeat | v. t. | To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. |
| Defeat | v. | An undoing or annulling; destruction. |
| Defeat | v. | Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design. |
| Defeat | v. | An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with DEFEAT (5)
Her defeat was so conspicuous, her life became such a desert, that she at last consented to accept the house in Santa Barbara which Mrs.
But it tends to defeat efficient compression, because the very thing that dithers to reduce moire patterns also tends to work against compression schemes.
All the officers wore sharp, gleaming swords, and shields edged with peacock-feathers; and it really seemed that no foe could by any possibility defeat such a brilliant army.
Victory and Defeat FOREWORD Twelve years had passed since I had laid the body of my great-uncle, Captain John Carter, of Virginia, away from the sight of men in that strange mausoleum in the old cemetery at Richmond.
Suddenly one or two words are heard at s9 which indicates a momentary reflection off a meteorite trail." George also explained that in order to defeat the brevity of the time when communication was possible it was customary to record a message on a tape recorder and transmit it at high speed.
Quotes with DEFEAT (3)
On the surface, I was calm: in secret, without really admitting it, I was waiting for something. Her return? How could I have been waiting for that? We all know that we are material creatures, subject to the laws of physiology and physics, and not even the power of all our feelings combined can defeat those laws. All we can do is detest them. The age-old faith of lovers and poets in the power of love, stronger than death, that finis vitae sed non amoris, is a lie, useless and…
Success and failure are relative categories. Therefore, do not exult in victory and do not despair after defeat. Accept the changes in life placidly, knowing that autumn and winter come after summer.
Challenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable!
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 67 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).