"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defeat sustantivo

sustantivo + defeat
Kolokacji: 25
election defeat • defeat of the army • home defeat • league defeat • landslide defeat • ...
defeat + verbo
Kolokacji: 27
defeat comes • defeat leaves • defeat leads • defeat means • defeat ends • ...
verbo + defeat
Kolokacji: 58
concede defeat • admit defeat • accept defeat • make in a defeat • lead to one's defeat • score in a defeat • play in the defeat • ...
adjetivo + defeat
Kolokacji: 123
humiliating defeat • major defeat • final defeat • bad defeat • military defeat • heavy defeat • electoral defeat • decisive defeat • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 31
(1) humiliating, humbling
Kolokacji: 2
(5) military, naval, tactical
Kolokacji: 3
(9) only, single, lone
Kolokacji: 3
(15) Australian, American
Kolokacji: 2
1. devastating defeat = pustosząc porażkę devastating defeat
  • The treaty appropriation won by a single vote, dealing the Republicans a devastating defeat.
  • The battle was a devastating defeat, and has been characterized as one of the most disastrous in British colonial history.
  • The people in the hall wailed at hearing of the devastating defeat.
  • Then again, after such a devastating defeat and so many lost, it was even more possible that there would be no pursuit at all.
  • It was widely described as the most devastating defeat Roosevelt had ever experienced.
  • Six months after a devastating defeat, the San Francisco 49ers are preparing for a new season without some familiar faces.
  • The first was the burden of history in a place where many people still remembered slavery, Reconstruction, and a devastating military defeat.
  • This would be a devastating defeat for the Federation.
  • And it was a devastating defeat for those who believe that Government should pay an activist role in protecting the public health.
  • It was a devastating defeat for Bertrand and his crew.
2. catastrophic defeat = katastrofalna porażka catastrophic defeat
3. bruising defeat = porażka stłuczenia bruising defeat
(17) political, professional
Kolokacji: 2
(21) friendly, personal
Kolokacji: 2
(22) stinging, bloody
Kolokacji: 2
(26) Japanese, Iraqi
Kolokacji: 2
(27) quick, rapid, swift
Kolokacji: 3
(29) Italian, Roman
Kolokacji: 2
(30) Russian, Soviet, Royalist
Kolokacji: 3
(31) Greek, Athenian
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + defeat
Kolokacji: 22
of defeat • from defeat • after one's defeat • to one's defeat • following one's defeat • ...

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