to defeat

Synonyms

rout discomfit

Examples

There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book. Saul Bellow

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. Abdul Kalam

To surprise the enemy is to defeat him. Alexander Suvorov

While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategic planning if our political aim was to defeat this new enemy as we had defeated the old. Douglas MacArthur

Israelis must be encouraged to defeat the Palestinians. Daniel Pipes

How easy it is to defeat people who do not kindle fire for themselves. Kenyan Proverb

Words in the phrase

to defeat

Close letter words and terms

to decry to deface to defame to defend to defile to degrade