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vanquishment
| Main Entry: |
vanquishment
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow*, break*, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count*, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, overthrow, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | beating, blue ruin, breakdown, collapse, crack-up, crash, defeasance, defeat, devastation, disaster, dissolution, downfall, drubbing, failure, fiasco, havoc, licking, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, ruination, shellacking, smash, smashup, trouncing, vanquishment, washout, wreck |
| Antonyms: | boon, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overthrow, beating |
| Synonyms: | KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | conquest, success, triumph, victory, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discomfiture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment, frustration |
| Synonyms: | abashment, agitation, beating, chagrin, comedown, confusion, conquest, defeasance, defeat, demoralization, descent, disappointment, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, disquiet, failure, humiliation, overthrow, perturbation, rout, ruin, shame, undoing, unease, uneasiness, upset, vanquishment, vexation |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck; failure |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, bath, blow, catastrophe, check, conquering, defeat, disappointment, hardship, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, repulse, reversal, setback, trial, turnabout, vanquishment, vicissitude |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those the side of a coin or medal with the main design is the obverse (head), and the other is the reverse (tail) |
| Antonyms: | good fortune, good luck, progress, success |
| Main Entry: | rout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming defeat |
| Synonyms: | beating, clobbering, comedown, confusion, debacle, disaster, drubbing, embarrassment, flight, hiding, overthrow, retreat, romp, ruin, shambles, shutout, thrashing, trashing, upset, vanquishment, walkover, washout, waxing, whipping |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Main Entry: | triumph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | victory, achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, ascendancy, attainment, big hit, big win, cinch, clean sweep, conquest, coup, feat, feather in cap, gain, grand slam, hit, hole in one, homer, pushover, riot, score, sell, sensation, shoo-in, smash-hit, splash, success, sure bet, sure thing, surmounting, takeover, the gold, tour de force, vanquishing, vanquishment, walkover, win |
| Antonyms: | disaster, failure, forfeit, loss |
| Main Entry: | waterloo |
| 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: | licking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | KO, ambush, annihilation, beating, blow*, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count*, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess, killing*, lacing, loss, massacre, mastery, nonsuccess, overthrow, paddling, rebuff, repulse, reverse, rout, ruin, scalping, setback, shellacking, slaughter, subjugation, thrashing, trap, trashing, trimming, triumph, trouncing, vanquishment, waxing, whaling, whipping, whitewashing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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