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| Main Entry: |
waterloo
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | final defeat, total defeat |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, beating, collapse, conquest, crushing defeat, drubbing, failure, fall, licking, massacre, overthrow, rout, shellacking, slaughter, thrashing, trashing, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whipping, whitewashing |
| Main Entry: | beating |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thrashing |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, bashing, defeat, drubbing, rout, shellacking, slaughter, trouncing, whipping |
| Antonyms: | triumph, victory, win |
| Main Entry: | trimming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | beating, drubbing, flogging, licking, rout, thrashing, whipping |
| Antonyms: | achievement, success, triumph, victory |
| Main Entry: | cakewalk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy activity |
| Synonyms: | cinch, dance, march, prance, rout, strut |
| Main Entry: | roust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | motivate, provoke, rouse, rout, stir |
| Main Entry: | drubbing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | beating, dusting, licking, rout, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping |
| Main Entry: | dusting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | beating, drubbing, licking, rout, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping |
| Main Entry: | insolvency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | abortion, bankruptcy, bomb*, botch, breakdown, bungle, bust, checkmate, collapse, decay, decline, defeat, deficiency, deficit, deterioration, downfall, failing, false step, faux pas, fiasco, flash in the pan, flop, frustration, implosion, inadequacy, lead balloon, lemon, loser, loss, mess*, misadventure, miscarriage, misstep, nonperformance, nonsuccess, overthrow, rout, rupture, sinking ship, stalemate, stoppage, total loss, turkey, washout, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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