| Definitions | | defeat |
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noun
- The act of defeating or being defeated
Translations: - French: défaite
- German: Niederlage
- Italian: sconfitta , disfatta , fallimento , insuccesso
- Spanish: derrota
(trans-bottom)
verb
- (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest
- (transitive) To destroy, ruin, undo, lay waste to
Translations: - Dutch: verslaan
- French: détruire, ruiner
(trans-mid)
- German: schlagen; zerschlagen; schleifen (structures, buildings, etc.); ruinieren (economically only)
- Italian: sconfiggere, battere
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: derrotar
Etymology: from desfait, desfairé (to ruin) from des + facere (to unmake).
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