Synonyms for be defeated
be de·feat·ed

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1. be defeated

   Synonyms:
   come short, fail, fall short, lose, miscarry, miss

   Antonyms:
   achieve, attain, flourish, prevail, prosper, succeed, thrive, win

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1. Sir Edmund Hillary:

   You defeated me But you won't defeat me again Because you have grown all you can grow.... but I am still growing (about Mount Everest)

2. Joe Biden:

   And for three hours, the defeated former President of the United States watched it all happen as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the Oval Office. While he was doing that, brave law enforcement officers were subject to the medieval hell for three hours, dripping in blood, surrounded by carnage.

3. Justin Logan:

   If the goal were to stay until radical Islamist resistance in Afghanistan was defeated, we would be there forever.

4. Indonesian President Joko Widodo:

   We should not be afraid and defeated by acts of terror like this.

5. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.