defeats
Pronunciation:
verb
Definitions
To overcome in battle or contest.
Example: Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
To nullify
noun
Definitions
The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
Example: Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
Example: The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.
Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; nullification.
Destruction, ruin.