"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Battle of Midway in June effectively defeated the Japanese navy.
- In the ensuing battle, the Ionian fleet was able to defeat the Phoenician navy.
- His confidence and leadership defeated the Danish navy.
- Having defeated the navy in the Manhattan Rebellion, the army-led Coup Group turned its attentions toward the remaining civilians in government.
- He commanded the naval squadron that defeated the Genoese navy and took Alghero in 1353.
- In 260 BC they defeated the fledgling Roman navy at the Battle of the Lipari Islands.
- Admiral Yi Sun-sin, who defeated the Japanese navy in the 16th century, lived for some time in Asan.
- He defeated the Swedish navy in the Battle of Öland, his only victory as a fleet commander.
- One of the strongest Croatian princes was Branimir, whose naval fleet defeated the Venetian navy on 18 September 887.
- Since then, I have flown through the sun and defeated the human navy, not to mention meeting..." I stopped myself.
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