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noun

1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest (Freq. 2)
- it was a narrow defeat
- the army's only defeat
- they suffered a convincing licking
• Syn:
defeat
• Ant:
victory (for: defeat)
• Derivationally related forms:
defeatist (for: defeat), defeat (for: defeat)
• Hypernyms:
ending, conclusion, finish, failure
• Hyponyms:
heartbreaker, lurch, rout, shutout, skunk,
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing,
whipping, waterloo, whitewash
2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
• Syn:
beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking
• Derivationally related forms:
whack (for: whacking), trounce (for: trouncing), thrash (for: thrashing), beat (for: beating)
• Hypernyms:
corporal punishment
• Hyponyms:
whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  beating, thrashing, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking, defeat
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  victory, triumph