Beating and Loss

Beating

Beating noun - Failure to win a contest.

Usage example: took a beating and ended up in second place

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Loss and beating are semantically related. in defeat topic. In some cases you can use "Loss" instead a noun "Beating".

Nearby Words: beat, beaten, beater, beatable

Loss noun - Failure to win a contest.

Usage example: we're discouraged by our loss on Friday, but we're training hard for next week's game nevertheless

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Beating and loss are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beating" instead a noun "Loss".

Nearby Word: losing

human	human beating	human loss
similar	similar beating	similar loss
complete	complete beating	complete loss
considerable	considerable beating	considerable loss
Other adjectives: heavy, actual, real, constant, severe, massive, serious, huge, slow, bad, major, humiliating, fatal, further, worst, inevitable, subsequent, last, occasional, horrific.

Even if you beat the Giant, you still have to survive the residual enemies- if you die after beating it, it still counts as a loss.

Source: Video Game / Mini Robot Wars
Really, the loss of any companion wounds the new Doctors deeply, and has them beating themselves up for a good while afterwards.

Source: My Greatest Failure
When she comes back from a loss, beating the odds and never saying never, she becomes a champion.

Source: Passionate Sports Girl