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The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Destruction, ruin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To overcome in battle or contest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
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Synonyms: none provided
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To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
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Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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To nullify
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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To prevent (something) from being achieved.
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an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
it was a narrow defeat the army's only defeat they suffered a convincing licking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: licking
Antonyms: victory
Broader terms: ending, conclusion, finish, failure
Narrower terms: heartbreaker, lurch, rout, shutout, skunk, thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping, waterloo, whitewash
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frustration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disappointment, letdown
win a victory over
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
You must overcome all difficulties defeat your enemies He overcame his shyness He overcame his infirmity Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: get the better of, overcome
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: demolish, destroy, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish, wallop, down, overrun, lurch, skunk, rout, rout out, expel, upset, nose, conquer, survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
thwart the passage of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
kill a motion he shot down the student's proposal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: veto, blackball, negative
From Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfaire (compare modern French défaire), from des- + faire.
From Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet (“disfigured”, past participle) and defet (“defect”, noun), see Etymology 2 below.
Across languages
Translations 310 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
nederlaag
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Albanian :
Humbje
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Albanian :
M'u Rrah
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Arabic :
هَزِيمَة
(hazīma)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Arabic :
مَغْلُوبِيَّة
(maḡlūbiyya)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Armenian :
պարտություն
(partutʻyun)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Aromanian :
frãndzeare
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Azerbaijani :
məğlubiyyət
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Basque :
porrot
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Belarusian :
паражэ́нне
(paražénnje)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Bengali :
হারা
(hara)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Bengali :
পরাজয়
(porajoẏ)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Breton :
koll
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Bulgarian :
пораже́ние
(poražénie)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Burmese :
အရှုံး
(a.hrum:)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Catalan :
derrota
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Catalan :
desfeta
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Chinese Mandarin :
敗仗 /败仗
(bàizhàng)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Chinese Mandarin :
敗北 /败北
(bàiběi)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Czech :
porážka
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Danish :
nederlag
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Dutch :
nederlaag
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Esperanto :
malvenko
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Estonian :
kaotus
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Estonian :
lüüasaamine
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Faroese :
ósigur
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Finnish :
tappio
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Finnish :
häviö
— the act of being defeated, of losing
French :
défaite
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Galician :
derrota
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Galician :
desfeita
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Georgian :
დამარცხება
(damarcxeba)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
German :
Niederlage
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Greek :
ήττα
(ítta)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Ancient Greek :
ἧσσα
(hêssa)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Hebrew :
תְּבוּסָה
(t'vusá)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Hindi :
हार
(hār)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Hindi :
शिकस्त
(śikast)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Hindi :
पराजय
(parājay)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Hungarian :
vereség
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Icelandic :
ósigur
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Indonesian :
kekalahan
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Italian :
sconfitta
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Italian :
disfatta
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Japanese :
敗北
(haiboku)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Japanese :
負け
(make)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Kazakh :
жеңіліс
(jeñılıs)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Khmer :
ការចាញ់
(kaa cañ)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Korean :
패배
(paebae)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Korean :
짐
(jim)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Northern Kurdish :
mexlûbiyet
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Northern Kurdish :
şikist
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Kyrgyz :
жеңилиш
(jeŋiliş)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Lao :
ປະລາໄຊ
(pa lā sai)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Lao :
ປະຣາໄຊ
(pa rā sai)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Latin :
stragēs
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Latvian :
sakāve
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Lithuanian :
pralaimėjimas
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Luxembourgish :
Nidderlag
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Luxembourgish :
Néierlag
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Macedonian :
пораз
(poraz)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Malagasy :
faharesena
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Malay :
kekalahan
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Māori :
whakahinganga
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Mongolian :
ялагдал
(jalagdal)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Norwegian Bokmål :
nederlag
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Occitan :
desfacha
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Pashto :
شکست
(šekast)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Pashto :
مغلوبيت
(maǧlubyat)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Dari :
شِکَسْت
(šikast)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Dari :
بَاخْت
(bāxt)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Iranian Persian :
شِکَسْت
(šekast)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Iranian Persian :
باخْت
(bâxt)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Polish :
porażka
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Portuguese :
derrota
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Romanian :
înfrângere
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Russian :
пораже́ние
(poražénije)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Sanskrit :
पराजय
(parājaya)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Serbo-Croatian :
по̏ра̄з
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Serbo-Croatian :
pȍrāz
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Slovak :
porážka
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Slovene :
poraz
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Spanish :
derrota
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Spanish :
vencimiento
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Swedish :
nederlag
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Tajik :
шикаст
(šikast)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Tajik :
бохт
(boxt)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Tamil :
தோல்வி
(tōlvi)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Tamil :
இழப்பு
(iḻappu)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Tamil :
தோல்வியடைதல்
(tōlviyaṭaital)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Tamil :
தோற்கடிக்கப்படுதல்
(tōṟkaṭikkappaṭutal)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Tatar :
җиңелү
(ciñelü)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Thai :
การปราชัย
(gaan-bpà-raa-chai)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Thai :
ความปราชัย
(kwaam-bpà-raa-chai)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Thai :
ปราชัย
(bpà-raa-chai)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Turkish :
hezimet
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Turkish :
mağlubiyet
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Turkish :
yenilgi
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Turkmen :
ýeňliş
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Ukrainian :
пора́зка
(porázka)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Ukrainian :
про́граш
(próhraš)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Urdu :
شِکَسْت
(śikast)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Urdu :
ہار
(hār)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Uyghur :
مەغلۇبىيەت
(meghlubiyet)
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Uzbek :
magʻlubiyat
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Uzbek :
shikast
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Vietnamese :
sự thất bại
— the act of being defeated, of losing
Bengali :
হারানো
(haranō)
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Catalan :
venciment
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Czech :
vítězství
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Finnish :
voitto
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Hindi :
हराना
(harānā)
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Hindi :
जीतना
(jītnā)
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Māori :
whakahinganga
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Spanish :
derrota
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Spanish :
vencimiento
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Tamil :
தோற்கடிப்பு
(tōṟkaṭippu)
— the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
Afrikaans :
verslaan
— to overcome in battle or contest
Afrikaans :
oorwin
— to overcome in battle or contest
Albanian :
Mund
— to overcome in battle or contest
Albanian :
M'e' Rrah
— to overcome in battle or contest
Arabic :
غَلَبَ
(ḡalaba)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Arabic :
هَزَمَ
(hazama)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Arabic :
غلب
(ḡalab)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Armenian :
հաղթել
(haġtʻel)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Armenian :
պարտության մատնել
(partutʻyan matnel)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Aromanian :
azvingu
— to overcome in battle or contest
Aromanian :
frãngu
— to overcome in battle or contest
Aromanian :
anichisescu
— to overcome in battle or contest
Aromanian :
bat (roa-rup)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Asturian :
vencer
— to overcome in battle or contest
Azerbaijani :
yenmək
— to overcome in battle or contest
Bashkir :
еңеү
(yeñew)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Basque :
garaitu
— to overcome in battle or contest
Belarusian :
паража́ць
(paražácʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Belarusian :
паразі́ць
(parazícʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Belarusian :
перамага́ць
(pjeramahácʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Belarusian :
перамагчы́
(pjeramahčý)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Bengali :
হারানো
(haranō)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Bulgarian :
поразя́вам
(porazjávam)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Bulgarian :
поразя́
(porazjá)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Bulgarian :
побежда́вам
(pobeždávam)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Bulgarian :
победя́
(pobedjá)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Catalan :
vèncer
— to overcome in battle or contest
Catalan :
derrotar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Catalan :
batre
— to overcome in battle or contest
Chinese Cantonese :
打敗 /打败
(daa2 baai6)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Chinese Cantonese :
贏 /赢
(jeng4)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Chinese Mandarin :
打敗 /打败
(dǎbài)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Chinese Mandarin :
贏 /赢
(yíng)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Chinese Mandarin :
吊打
(diàodǎ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Maore Comorian :
ushindra
— to overcome in battle or contest
Cornish :
tryghi
— to overcome in battle or contest
Czech :
porážet
— to overcome in battle or contest
Czech :
porazit
— to overcome in battle or contest
Czech :
vítězit
— to overcome in battle or contest
Czech :
zvítězit
— to overcome in battle or contest
Danish :
besejre
— to overcome in battle or contest
Danish :
overvinde
— to overcome in battle or contest
Dutch :
verslaan
— to overcome in battle or contest
Dutch :
overwinnen
— to overcome in battle or contest
Esperanto :
venki
— to overcome in battle or contest
Estonian :
võitma
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
voittaa
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
päihittää
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
rökittää
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
hakata
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
piestä
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
löylyttää
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
höyhentää
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
kukistaa
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
kaataa
— to overcome in battle or contest
French :
vaincre
— to overcome in battle or contest
French :
défaire
— to overcome in battle or contest
Friulian :
vinci
— to overcome in battle or contest
Galician :
vencer
— to overcome in battle or contest
Galician :
derrotar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Galician :
bater
— to overcome in battle or contest
Georgian :
დამარცხება
(damarcxeba)
— to overcome in battle or contest
German :
schlagen
— to overcome in battle or contest
German :
besiegen
— to overcome in battle or contest
German :
niederringen
— to overcome in battle or contest
German :
bewältigen
— to overcome in battle or contest
German :
bezwingen
— to overcome in battle or contest
Greek :
νικώ
(nikó)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Greek :
τσακίζω
(tsakízo)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Ancient Greek :
νικάω
(nikáō)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Hebrew :
הֵבִיס
(hevís)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Hindi :
हराना
(harānā)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Hindi :
जीतना
(jītnā)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Hungarian :
legyőz
— to overcome in battle or contest
Icelandic :
sigra
— to overcome in battle or contest
Icelandic :
vinna
— to overcome in battle or contest
Ido :
vinkar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Indonesian :
mengalahkan
— to overcome in battle or contest
Irish :
buaigh ar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Irish :
faigh an lámh in uachtar ar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Irish :
cloígh
— to overcome in battle or contest
Italian :
sconfiggere
— to overcome in battle or contest
Italian :
battere
— to overcome in battle or contest
Italian :
vincere
— to overcome in battle or contest
Japanese :
負かす
(makasu)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Japanese :
やっつける
(yattsukeru)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Japanese :
倒す
(taosu)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Khmer :
ឈ្នះ
(chnĕəh)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Korean :
이기다
(igida)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Korean :
패배시키다
(paebaesikida)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Latgalian :
īveikt
— to overcome in battle or contest
Latgalian :
puorveikt
— to overcome in battle or contest
Latin :
vincō
— to overcome in battle or contest
Latvian :
uzvarēt
— to overcome in battle or contest
Latvian :
sakaut
— to overcome in battle or contest
Latvian :
uzveikt
— to overcome in battle or contest
Lithuanian :
nugalėti
— to overcome in battle or contest
Lithuanian :
įveikti
— to overcome in battle or contest
Lithuanian :
sukauti
— to overcome in battle or contest
Macedonian :
поразува
(porazuva)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Macedonian :
порази
(porazi)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Macedonian :
победува
(pobeduva)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Macedonian :
победи
(pobedi)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Malay :
kalahkan
— to overcome in battle or contest
Māori :
taiari
— to overcome in battle or contest
Māori :
taieri
— to overcome in battle or contest
Māori :
whakahinga
— to overcome in battle or contest
Mongolian :
ялах
(jalax)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Mongolian :
дийлэх
(diilex)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Nepali :
हराउनु
(harāunu)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Nepali :
पराजित गर्नु
(parājit garnu)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Norwegian Bokmål :
overvinne
— to overcome in battle or contest
Norwegian Bokmål :
beseire
— to overcome in battle or contest
Occitan :
vencir
— to overcome in battle or contest
Persian :
شکست دادن
(šekast dâdan)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Persian :
مغلوب کردن
(maġlub kardan)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Polish :
pokonywać
— to overcome in battle or contest
Polish :
pokonać
— to overcome in battle or contest
Portuguese :
derrotar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Portuguese :
vencer
— to overcome in battle or contest
Quechua :
llalliy
— to overcome in battle or contest
Romanian :
învinge
— to overcome in battle or contest
Romanian :
înfrânge
— to overcome in battle or contest
Romanian :
bate
— to overcome in battle or contest
Russian :
побежда́ть
(pobeždátʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Russian :
победи́ть
(pobedítʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Russian :
разбива́ть
(razbivátʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Russian :
разби́ть
(razbítʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Russian :
поража́ть
(poražátʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Russian :
порази́ть
(porazítʹ)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Sanskrit :
जयति
(jayati)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Sanskrit :
सहते
(sahate)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Serbo-Croatian :
пора́зити
— to overcome in battle or contest
Serbo-Croatian :
poráziti
— to overcome in battle or contest
Slovak :
porážať
— to overcome in battle or contest
Slovak :
poraziť
— to overcome in battle or contest
Slovak :
víťaziť
— to overcome in battle or contest
Slovak :
zvíťaziť
— to overcome in battle or contest
Slovene :
poraziti
— to overcome in battle or contest
Spanish :
derrotar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Spanish :
vencer
— to overcome in battle or contest
Spanish :
profligar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Spanish :
causear
— to overcome in battle or contest
Spanish :
despanchurrar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Spanish :
despachurrar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Spanish :
debelar
— to overcome in battle or contest
Swedish :
besegra
— to overcome in battle or contest
Swedish :
övervinna
— to overcome in battle or contest
Tajik :
шикаст додан
(šikast dodan)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Tajik :
шикаст расондан
(šikast rasondan)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Tajik :
мағлуб кардан
(maġlub kardan)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Tamil :
தோற்கடி
(tōṟkaṭi)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Telugu :
ఓడించు
(ōḍiñcu)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Thai :
ชนะ
(chá-ná)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Thai :
เอาชนะ
(ao-chá-ná)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Thai :
ปราบ
(bpràap)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Tocharian B :
yuk-
— to overcome in battle or contest
Turkish :
yenmek
— to overcome in battle or contest
Turkish :
mağlup etmek
— to overcome in battle or contest
Ukrainian :
поража́ти
(poražáty)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Ukrainian :
порази́ти
(porazýty)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Ukrainian :
перемага́ти
(peremaháty)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Ukrainian :
перемогти́
(peremohtý)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Urdu :
شکست دینا
(šikast dēnā)
— to overcome in battle or contest
Vietnamese :
đánh bại
— to overcome in battle or contest
Welsh :
curo
— to overcome in battle or contest
Welsh :
trechu
— to overcome in battle or contest
Welsh :
maeddu
— to overcome in battle or contest
Welsh :
gorchfygu
— to overcome in battle or contest
Finnish :
tehdä tyhjäksi
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Finnish :
kumota
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Finnish :
mitätöidä
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Finnish :
poistaa
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Finnish :
nollata
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
French :
contrecarrer
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
French :
réduire à néant
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
French :
anéantir
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
German :
zunichtemachen
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Greek :
συντρίβω
(syntrívo)
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Greek :
καταρρέω
(katarréo)
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Spanish :
derrotar
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Spanish :
derribar
— to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
Czech :
anulovat
— to nullify
Czech :
udělat neplatným
— to nullify
Finnish :
mitätöidä
— to nullify
Finnish :
kumota
— to nullify
Finnish :
kiistää
— to nullify
Finnish :
torpata
— to nullify
Finnish :
tyrmätä
— to nullify
Finnish :
estää
— to nullify
Finnish :
ehkäistä
— to nullify
Greek :
ματαιώνω
(mataióno)
— to nullify
Hungarian :
megsemmisít
— to nullify
