"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defeat verbo

defeat + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 211
defeat enemies • defeat one's opponent • defeat several candidates • defeat the champion • defeat one's rivals • defeat the purpose • ...
verbo + defeat
Kolokacji: 24
defeat before losing • help defeat • team to defeat • try to defeat • manage to defeat • go to defeat • ...
defeat + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
defeat by • defeat in • defeat after • defeat at • defeat for • ...
defeat + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 49
narrowly defeated • easily defeat • soundly defeated • eventually defeated • decisively defeated • finally defeated • later defeated • ...
2. conclusively defeated = ostatecznie pokonany conclusively defeated
  • This grew out of a deep concern that, if Napoleon were conclusively defeated in battle, Russia and Prussia stood to gain too much.
  • Mormon's army prevailed in the battle, although ultimately the Nephite armies were conclusively defeated, which marked the end of their civilization.
  • Lincoln was killed at the Battle of Stoke Field on 16 June 1487, at which the Yorkist army was conclusively defeated.
  • However, Caceres was conclusively defeated by Colonel Alejandro Gorostiaga at Huamachuco on July 10, 1883.
  • By 1891, the Al Saud were conclusively defeated by the Al Rashid, who drove the Saudis into exile in Kuwait.
  • Near Pharsalus, Caesar pitched a strategic bivouac, and Pompey attacked, yet, despite his much larger army, was conclusively defeated by Caesar's troops.
  • So far, Mr. bin Laden has not been captured and the Taliban has not been conclusively defeated.
  • However, Cáceres was conclusively defeated by Colonel Alejandro Gorostiaga at the Battle of Huamachuco on 10 July 1883.
  • McClellan, never defeated conclusively, would withdraw and then turn to fight again.
  • The Moors were defeated so conclusively that they retreated across the mountains, never to return, leaving Septimania to become part of Francia.
3. definitively defeated = nieodwołalnie pokonany definitively defeated
(7) unexpectedly, duly
Kolokacji: 2

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