Defeat
Defeat noun - Failure to win a contest.
Great victory and defeat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Great victory" instead a noun "Defeat".
Great victory
Defeat and great victory are semantically related. You can use "Defeat" instead a noun phrase "Great victory".
Both terms in one sentence
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Besides competition at the student-to-student level, the students are also organized into teams (usually by classes or clubs), and the winners of events also score points for their team, leading to a great victory or defeat for the protagonists.
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The loss of the entire fleet does not escape The IJA and Japan's civilian population, moreover, who both realise that news of another great victory is a whopping great lie and that their defeat is at hand.
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