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defeating

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of Defeat

Source: Webster's dictionary

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[Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy, the principle of which was that the majority should rule, and for bringing faddists of all kinds into Parliament, and establishing groups and disintegrating parties. David Lloyd George

How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself. Gore Vidal

In defeating terror, Israel's cause is our cause. Hillary Clinton

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities. Arlen Specter

Hollywood continues to present the US army as being the good guys, always defeating the aliens or foreigners. Hideo Kojima

I've been thinking about the war a lot recently, and I think I've decided it's wrong. We are defeating ourselves in waging it, will destroy ourselves by winning it. Iain Banks

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