Synonyms for defeated
de·feat·ed

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1. defeated, discomfitedadjective

   people who are defeated

   "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"

   Synonyms:
   discomfited

   Antonyms:
   unbowed, triumphant, unbeaten, unconquered, undefeated, unvanquished, successful, victorious

2. defeatedadjective

   beaten or overcome; not victorious

   "the defeated enemy"

   Synonyms:
   thwarted, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated

   Antonyms:
   successful, undefeated, unbowed, unconquered, unbeaten, unvanquished, victorious, triumphant

3. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwartedadjective

   disappointingly unsuccessful

   "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

   Synonyms:
   thwarted, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated

   Antonyms:
   successful, unbeaten, unconquered, undefeated, unbowed, triumphant, victorious, unvanquished

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1. List of paraphrases for "defeated":

   vanquished, beat, beaten, untied, undone, rejected, conquered, defeat, overcame, trounced, overcome, negatived, dismissed, blanked, overthrown, bested

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1. Hillary Clinton:

   I am confident once again we will choose resolve over fear, and we will defeat these new enemies just as we have defeated those who have threatened us in the past, because it is not enough to contain ISIS -- we must defeat ISIS.

2. Darcisio Perondi:

   If we stay, we will be telling the country we do not want change and we will go down with Rousseff's Workers' Party that will be badly defeated in municipal elections in October.

3. Federico Bernardini:

   According to Livy, in the first phase of the conflict, two legions of Roman Republic were defeated by the Histri, and the camp was lost, livy reported that the Histri found a lot of wine inside the camp and got drunk, and this helped the Romans reconquer the camp very easily.

4. Secretary Ash Carter:

   We can give them training, we can give them equipment -- we obviously can't give them the will to fight, but if we give them training, we give them equipment, and give them support, and give them some time, I hope they will develop the will to fight, because only if they fight can ISIL remain defeated.

5. President Obama:

   The historic blunder of this administration is not leaving a stabilizing force behind in Iraq, i do not believe Syria would have spun out of control, certainly.ISIS rose from the defeated ashes of what was Al Qaeda in Iraq.