Defeat
Defeat noun - Failure to win a contest.
Prevention and defeat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prevention" instead a noun "Defeat".
Prevention
Prevention noun - The act or practice of keeping something from happening.
Defeat and prevention are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defeat" instead a noun "Prevention".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Archer becomes either a hero or a curse depending on who's passing on the stories, one example being his rescue of the Klingon and the prevention of a civil war in the pilot episode, and later his defeat of a Klingon that was harassing another ship.
Source: Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?
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