Defeat and Detriment

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Defeat

Defeat noun - Failure to win a contest.

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Detriment and defeat are semantically related in damage topic. In some cases you can use "Detriment" instead a noun "Defeat", when it comes to topics like casualty.

Nearby Words: defeated, defeating, defeatist, defeatism

Detriment

Detriment noun - Something that causes loss or pain.

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Defeat and detriment are semantically related in damage topic. Sometimes you can use "Defeat" instead a noun "Detriment", if it concerns topics such as casualty.

Nearby Words: detrimental, detrimentally

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true	true defeat	true detriment
massive	massive defeat	massive detriment
great	great defeat	great detriment
huge	huge defeat	huge detriment
Other adjectives: ultimate, major, near, inevitable, eventual, greatest, biggest.

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