Synonyms for defeating

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-feet

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfit

Top 10 synonyms for defeating

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Définition of defeating

Origin : 1701, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of defeat (v.).

verb conquer in military manner
verb conquer in athletic contest
verb frustrate

Example sentences :

You have an unfortunate way, Eileen, of defeating your own ends.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

There is no elation in defeating a driver who lies out on the course.
Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram

It was Manuel who saved our lives, defeating his own aim to the bitter end.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

To do more is to drag and fail, so defeating the end of your efforts.
Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall

They may be defeating the very ends they were meant to serve.
Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann

She is alive; she loves me, and, God forgive me, I hate her for defeating my just vengeance.
Extract from : « Lorraine » by Robert W. Chambers

I returned to Brisbane with the intention of defeating his designs.
Extract from : « Reminiscences of Queensland » by William Henry Corfield

At Saratoga I was without a command, yet I succeeded in defeating an army.
Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett

I always said he was the only man capable of defeating Napoleon.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

Let us hasten on, lest in defeating your own purpose, you defeat mine.
Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham

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