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01083373-v:
defeat soundly
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01101913-v:
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
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01103180-v:
defeat soundly and utterly
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01103336-v:
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
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01103459-v:
seize the position of and defeat
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01103693-v:
defeat by a lurch
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01108951-v:
cause to flee
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01109087-v:
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
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01109644-v:
defeat by a narrow margin
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overcome by conquest
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continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
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someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
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02524171-v:
attain success or reach a desired goal
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a successful ending of a struggle or contest
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susceptible to being defeated
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having been got the better of
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actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
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(military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
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01083373-v:
defeat soundly
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01083920-v:
defeat totally
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be defeated
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01102997-v:
defeat thoroughly
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01103180-v:
defeat soundly and utterly
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01103336-v:
bring down or defeat (an opponent)
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01103459-v:
seize the position of and defeat
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01103693-v:
defeat by a lurch
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01104248-v:
defeat disastrously
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01104624-v:
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
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01109087-v:
defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
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01109259-v:
get the better of
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01109431-v:
to fight better than; get the better of
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01109644-v:
defeat by a narrow margin
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01110247-v:
defeat by more skillful maneuvering
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excel or defeat in a game
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01268457-n:
the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC
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01269161-n:
a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
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01269857-n:
a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II
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01270153-n:
a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland
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01271428-n:
a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
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01271915-n:
the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession
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01272134-n:
Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army
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01272582-n:
in 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages
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01272787-n:
a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts
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01273081-n:
a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots
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01273230-n:
a pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847; United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico
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01273491-n:
either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
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01273735-n:
the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
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01274000-n:
ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC
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01274171-n:
battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces
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01274374-n:
a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans
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01274531-n:
a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC)
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01274733-n:
the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451
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01274909-n:
a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
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01275697-n:
a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
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01275934-n:
a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur
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01276436-n:
battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
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01276634-n:
the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
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01276875-n:
battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
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01277065-n:
the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
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01277288-n:
the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks
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01278692-n:
a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
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01278873-n:
a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland
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01279342-n:
an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee
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01280514-n:
the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
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a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians
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01281427-n:
a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
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01281638-n:
a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
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01281813-n:
a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne
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01282022-n:
a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
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01282289-n:
the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians
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01283753-n:
Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece
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01285101-n:
the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
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01285305-n:
a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed
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01285784-n:
a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
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01286000-n:
a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
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01286181-n:
a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet
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01286569-n:
a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
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01286938-n:
a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert
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01287179-n:
a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy
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01287782-n:
naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
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01288057-n:
a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
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01288795-n:
a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships
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01289444-n:
a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese
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01289631-n:
the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
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01289997-n:
battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761
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01290435-n:
the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
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01290711-n:
Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC
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Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC
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01291839-n:
the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
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01292200-n:
a battle in which Mexican forces defeated the French in 1862
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01292735-n:
a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
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01292928-n:
a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
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01294127-n:
a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated
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01294791-n:
a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
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01295684-n:
in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
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01297291-n:
the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
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01297706-n:
a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded)
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01297978-n:
a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC
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01298162-n:
a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait
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01298371-n:
the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)
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01299037-n:
a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians
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the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War
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01306911-n:
a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC
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01308438-n:
a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763); Britain and Prussia got the better of it
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hard to defeat
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02335241-a:
acting to defeat its own purpose
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02845704-a:
of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
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03107061-a:
of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)
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05032028-n:
the property being difficult or impossible to defeat
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08021785-n:
a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights
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08028999-n:
a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999
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08125420-n:
an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
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08790199-n:
the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians
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08884513-n:
a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513
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09163844-n:
a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam
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09188894-n:
a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
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09579848-n:
(Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match
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(Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica
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10533013-n:
the contestant you hope to defeat
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10639047-n:
a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
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10669125-n:
a conqueror who defeats and enslaves
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10740594-n:
an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor
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10752930-n:
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
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10809857-n:
Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)
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10813374-n:
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
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10820163-n:
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
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10828990-n:
Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
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10861741-n:
Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)
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10867473-n:
king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
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10873937-n:
United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
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10893153-n:
King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
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10895688-n:
Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)
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10911687-n:
commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
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10912243-n:
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
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10920051-n:
Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
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10922772-n:
king of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)
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10922968-n:
king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC)
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10929657-n:
son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
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10941714-n:
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
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10942866-n:
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
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10949586-n:
king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016)
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10949782-n:
son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)
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10950219-n:
King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327)
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10957330-n:
Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
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Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC)
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10977881-n:
emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)
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10983503-n:
English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
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11028196-n:
general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
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11035132-n:
English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
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11042482-n:
son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422; reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422)
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11043040-n:
first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
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11058436-n:
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
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11096991-n:
Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)
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11097335-n:
Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)
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11145850-n:
Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
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Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC)
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Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489)
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ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC)
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11190592-n:
soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)
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11203059-n:
English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
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11230158-n:
United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
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king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC)
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King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)
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sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
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Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
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11289307-n:
United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
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king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC)
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Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757)
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11351832-n:
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)
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Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
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British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
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11380923-n:
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
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duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087)
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king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)
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power to dominate or defeat
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