| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overthrow, beating |
Synonyms: |
KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
Antonyms: |
conquest, success, triumph, victory, win |
| Main Entry: | licking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
Synonyms: |
KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow*, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count*, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, overthrow, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
| Main Entry: | thrashing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
Synonyms: |
KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow*, break*, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count*, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, overthrow, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
| Main Entry: | vanquishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
Synonyms: |
KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow*, break*, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count*, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, overthrow, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |