- present participle of defeat.
defeating
Example Sentences
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Soon he’ll tell us he carried dozens of people on his own back while personally defeating the terrorists.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Union soldiers found themselves unable to re-enact defeating them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Although Newcastle's young side came within seconds of defeating Liverpool on the opening weekend, there was always going to be work to do before the window shut on 1 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Hichilema himself won office in 2021 on his sixth attempt, defeating arch-rival Edgar Lungu in a landslide.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
For a decade he and his Greek soldiers have been battling their way across the known world, defeating even the mighty Persians, rulers of Asia.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
