Defeated
Prevailed
Defeated and prevailed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defeated" instead a verb "Prevailed".
Nearby Word: prevailing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The first game was an early example of this; the Orc and Human campaigns seemed to be treated as alternate universes; on the one hand, the Humans prevailed and defeated the Orcish Horde.
Source: Happy Ending Override - The Fleet has five different endings, depending on whether you defeated the alien invasion, whether you sided with or against the Alliance, and whether you prevailed in the final conflict.
Source: Multiple Endings
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