decisive defeat

Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words

A defeat that settles an issue, leaving no doubt about the outcome.

defeatADJECTIVE + defeat

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decisive

Examples (10)

  • The Battle of Waterloo was a decisive defeat for Napoleon.
  • The election result constituted a decisive defeat for the incumbent party.
  • Our team suffered a decisive defeat in the championship final.
  • The court's ruling was a decisive defeat for the corporation's legal strategy.
  • After suffering a decisive defeat in the primary, the candidate suspended his campaign.
  • This new evidence represents a decisive defeat for the prosecution's argument.
  • The failure to secure funding was a decisive defeat for the startup's ambitious plans.
  • Historians view the battle as a decisive defeat that changed the course of the war.
  • The chess grandmaster inflicted a decisive defeat on his young challenger.
  • For the rebels, losing control of the capital was a decisive defeat.