defeating

noun

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.

(obsolete) Destruction, ruin.

verb

(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

To prevent (something) from being achieved.

(transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.

(transitive) To nullify

Roots

faciofeat- · Latin · make, do

Synonyms for defeating

vanquishingv victoriousadj conqueringn triumphantadj

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