Defeated and Short

Defeated

Defeated adjective - Beaten or overcome; not victorious.

Short and defeated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Defeated".

Nearby Words: defeat, defeating

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Defeated and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defeated" instead an adjective "Short".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Iron Gaia Dying Speech: The defeated Sigmoid makes a short one, somehow even walking a few steps away from you to do so.
  • You can pull this off in Night Striker when your car is defeated, as there is a short time where you can still fire shots at the enemies before going down.
  • So What Do We Do Now? Vance's Dying Earth short story "Guyal of Sfere" ends with the main characters asking "What shall we do ..." after having defeated a major demon and acquiring a vast treasure of forgotten knowledge.
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