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defeat1

/dɪˈfiːt/

Translation

v [t]
derrotar
The Spanish basketball team defeated the Greeks in the final
La selección española de baloncesto derrotó a la griega en la final
batir
(Definition of defeat v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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