Cheat and Defeat

Cheat

Cheat verb - To use dishonest methods to achieve a goal.

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Defeat and cheat are semantically related. in foil topic. In some cases you can use "Defeat" instead a verb "Cheat", when it comes to topics like frustrate.

Nearby Words: cheating, cheated, cheater

Defeat

Defeat verb - To achieve a victory over.

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Synonyms for Defeat

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Cheat and defeat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cheat" instead a verb "Defeat".

Nearby Words: defeated, defeating, defeatist, defeatism

Mutual synonyms

thwart
foil

How words are described

human	human cheat	human defeat
good	good cheat	good defeat
certain	certain cheat	certain defeat
original	original cheat	original defeat
Other adjectives: actual, successful, big, great, infamous, easy, dramatic, double, last.

Common collocations

character	cheat character	defeat character
man	cheat man	defeat man
guy	cheat guy	defeat guy
god	cheat god	defeat god
Other words: death, time, way, game, anyone, opponent, times, gods, opponents, demons.

Both words in one sentence

Noah, on the other hand, used a Deckmaster that was likely more powerful than any other; he had to cheat in order to defeat Kaiba, and could not defeat Yugi.

Source: House Rules
Players can cheat though, as one player can stay for the game, and others can run around the board finding items that help the chess-player cheat and hopefully defeat Death.

Source: Chess with Death
However, you can cheat the system in the English version and avoid this trouble by taking note of how much time you have remaining when you defeat Ifrit.

Source: Do Well, but Not Perfect

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