Check
How words are described
| good | good check | good defeat |
| sound | sound check | sound defeat |
| long | long check | long defeat |
| initial | initial check | initial defeat |
| Other adjectives: single, powerful, entire, real, successful, massive, big, huge, quick, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Check. After her defeat, her HeelFace Turn, there is no change to her dark appearance and power?
Source: Video Game / The Legend of Spyro -
Alessi clues you in to check the river, but instead of his axe, you find Kars, who upon his defeat, leaves you with his arm containing the Light Blades.
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However, it's also subverted in that these power spurts are the result of short-lived moments of Unstoppable Rage; Gohan didn't constantly train and focus to keep up his might or to hold his temper in check, and that's largely why Goku is the one to defeat Frieza and Majin Buu.
Source: Goo Goo Godlike
Cite this Source
Defeat and Check. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/defeat
Check & Defeat. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/defeat>.
Defeat or Check. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/defeat.
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