Hushai's advice helped to ensure Absalom's rapid defeat.

While the rapid defeat in Puerto Rico was a major political setback for the nationalist movement, all was not yet lost.

Caught by the rapid defeat, she disguised herself as a boy and was brought to the Abbey to help Brother Cadfael as Godric.

But the vacuum left by the rapid defeat of that regime is being filled by new Iraqis and new Iraqi institutions.

This last-gasp German gamble is followed by rapid defeat for Germany.

Following their rapid defeat, the Rajput kings concluded treaties with the British in the early 19th century, accepting British sovereignty in return for local autonomy.

It staved off the prospect of a rapid defeat at the hands of Francisco Franco's forces.

After their rapid defeat in 1940 any resistance had seemed pointless to the French and they had tried to adjust themselves.

The first was the rapid defeat of the Spanish-speaking people to the south.

On April 18, Scott inflicted a rapid defeat on Santa Anna.