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      defeats
      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
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