Object

• enemy: British law enforcement agencies must work together to defeat this common enemy.

• foe: So nature was affected by the Fall and there is a real Devil - a foe, but a defeated foe.

• terrorism: A Strategy to Defeat Terrorism Let me go back for a moment to frame the overall strategy we have been employing to defeat terrorism.

Converse of object

• humiliate: Add to this Scotland's propensity to swing away from Labor in by-elections and the result was one of its most humiliating defeats.

• inflict: Malta's Tony Brincat inflicted a rare defeat on the 2000 champion Joe Delaney.

• concede: Schumacher has already effectively conceded defeat saying that he doesn't want to go to Brazil effectively pinning his hopes on an Alonso retirement.

• avenge: Goodbrand came out fast, obviously looking to avenge the defeat a couple of weeks ago at the Noble Art Show.

• crush: Only in Oldham did the BNP suffer a crushing defeat.

• admit: Would you let your family suffer for the fact that you were too proud to admit defeat?

Adjective modifier

• successive: We have just suffered our second successive landslide election defeat.

• consecutive: On the plus side Swansea at least managed a result after five consecutive league defeats.

• embarrassing: Or the one where they suffered an embarrassing defeat whilst being completely humiliated?

• disastrous: After their disastrous defeat, Newcastle and Eythin fled to Scarborough and sailed to the continent, fearing that all was lost.

• electoral: This led to the disaffiliation of the union from the party and electoral defeat for some of the union's leading figures.

Modifies a noun

• malaria: Latest news Help defeat malaria in Africa ( 02/08/2006 ) Take part in research from home, and help defeat malaria with Africa@home.

Noun used with modifier

• quarter-final: Beckham revealed his decision at England's final news conference in Germany in the wake of their World Cup quarter-final defeat by Portugal.

• semi-final: That heartbreak followed the disappointment of narrowly missing a Wembley appearance after an FA trophy semi-final replay defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge.

• derby: They go to west London eager to erase the pain of last Saturday's 3-0 derby day defeat at Everton.

• by-election: Harold Wilson's governments also suffered some famous by-election defeats - in Oldham, Dudley, Glasgow and Walthamstow - in the 1960s.

Preposition: from

• jaw: A couple more overs and we could have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.