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Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England..

Defeasance :: Defeasance (n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated..

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

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes..

Perempt :: Perempt (v. t.) To destroy; to defeat.

Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.

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

Defeat :: Defeat (v.) An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory..

Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..

Frustrable :: Frustrable (a.) Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated.

Defeat :: Defeat (v.) An undoing or annulling; destruction.

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

Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.

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

Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..

Outplay :: Outplay (v. t.) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball..

Convict :: Convict (v. t.) To defeat; to doom to destruction.

Euchre :: Euchre (v. t.) To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.

Contravene :: Contravene (v. t.) To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.

Frustrative :: Frustrative (a.) Tending to defeat; fallacious.

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