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To overcome in battle or contest

• The enemy must be defeated.

  Враг должен быть разбит.

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• Germany and Japan were defeated.

  Германия и Япония потерпели поражение.

  Tatoeba · Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR

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To reduce, to nothing, the strength of

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To nullify

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To prevent (something) from being achieved

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

• He hasn't yet admitted defeat.

  Он ещё не признал поражения.

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• The defeat was hard to accept.

  С поражением было трудно смириться.

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The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing

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

Destruction, ruin