Defeating and In front

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In front and defeating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In front" instead an adverb "Defeating".

Nearby Words: defeat, defeated

In front adverb - At or in the front.

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Defeating and in front are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defeating" instead an adverb phrase "In front".

However Italy was able to get its revenge in the 2006 World Cup Final, defeating the old rival on penalties and winning the tournament in front of them.

Source: Useful Notes / Euro Footy
In Shrek Forever After, after defeating Rumpelstiltskin, Fiona and Shrek murder his goose right in front of him for absolutely no reason, and then laugh about it.

Source: Revenge by Proxy
After defeating him in the Wonderland, Alice takes revenge for everything he did (including raping her sister and setting her house on fire) by pushing him in front of an incoming train.

Source: Karmic Death

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