Defeat

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Defeat

Defeat : வெற்றி கொள்ளுதல், தோற்கடித்தல்

Defeat : தோற்கடிக்க,தோற்கடித்தல்,வெற்றி கொள்ளுதல்,வெற்றி கொள்ளுதல்,தோற்கடித்தல்

Defeat : தோல்வி

Defeat definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
  2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
  3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
  4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

Verb.

  1. An undoing or annulling; destruction.
  2. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
  3. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.