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Miscarry :: Miscarry (v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat..

Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against..

Victor :: Victor (n.) The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of..

Frustrate :: Frustrate (v. t.) To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose..

Disappointment :: Disappointment (n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration..

Discomfiture :: Discomfiture (v. t.) The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection..

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

Brain :: Brain (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat..

Inglorious :: Inglorious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc..

Worse :: Worse (n.) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.

Defeated :: Defeated (imp. & p. p.) of Defea.

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates..

Slam :: Slam (v. t.) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

Anatreptic :: Anatreptic (a.) Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.

Defeatured :: Defeatured (p. p.) Changed in features; deformed.

Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

Outvote :: Outvote (v. t.) To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.

Vanquish :: Vanquish (v. t.) Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute..

Outwit :: Outwit (v. t.) To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft..

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