Defeat
Defeat verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs
Win against and defeat are semantically related. in beat topic. In some cases you can use "Win against" instead a verb "Defeat".
Win against
Win against verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Conversely, his win against Ken Shamrock would have been destined to rebuild his image after Ken's defeat to Royce Gracie in UFC and his own defeat to Ken at the first Pancrase event, and also to preserve Ken before his next UFC fight, which was some days after.
Source: Wrestling / Masakatsu Funaki -
Power Copying: Win against a guy who uses Tempest, you get Tempest; beat up a guy who uses twin axes, you get his axes as well as his axe style; defeat up a Jade Golem, you get to become a Jade Golem... In most cases, you actually buy the abilities from unrelated characters.
Source: Video Game / Jade Empire - Back from the Brink: Both the first and last missions of the Act 1 Allied campaign are about scoring a win against all odds in a battle which if lost would end the war in a defeat instantly.
Source: Video Game / Mental Omega
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