English-Czech translations for defeat

• anulovat
• porážet
• porazit
  Zaprvé, s terorismem se nelze usmířit, terorismus je třeba porazit. Firstly, terrorism should never be appeased; it has to be defeated.
  Věřím, že jediný způsob jak porazit ETA a teroristy je, abychom zůstali proti terorismu sjednoceni. I believe that the only way to defeat ETA and the terrorists is for us to remain united against terrorism.
  Podle mého názoru mají nyní jedinou možnost složit zbraně, nebo se nechat porazit vojensky s větším počtem obětí. In my view, their only option now is to lay down their arms or be defeated militarily with more casualties.
• porážka
  Je to porážka rodin s malými dětmi. This is a defeat for families with young babies.
  Není to vítězství, ale ani porážka a trenér žije dalším zápasem. It is not a triumph, but it is not a defeat; and the manager lives to fight another day.
  Je to velké vítězství energetických oligopolů a porážka spotřebitelů v Evropě. It is a big victory for the energy oligopolies and it is a defeat for consumers in Europe.
• udělat neplatným
• vítězství
  Lidská povaha se obtížněji vyrovnává s dosažením vítězství než s porážkou. Human nature finds it harder to endure a victory than a defeat.
  Není to vítězství, ale ani porážka a trenér žije dalším zápasem. It is not a triumph, but it is not a defeat; and the manager lives to fight another day.
  Je to velké vítězství energetických oligopolů a porážka spotřebitelů v Evropě. It is a big victory for the energy oligopolies and it is a defeat for consumers in Europe.
• zvítězit

Definition of defeat

• To overcome in battle or contest
• To reduce, to nothing, the strength of
• To nullify
• The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss
• The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing
• Frustration , stymieing; nullification
• Destruction, ruin

Examples

• Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
• Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
• The inscription records her defeat of the countrys enemies in a costly war.

Related words

• defeated
• undefeated
• defeatism
• defeater
• defeatist
• defeature
• suffer a defeat
• snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
• snatch victory from the jaws of defeat