Synonyms for be defeated
be de·feat·ed

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1. be defeated

   Synonyms:
   come short, fail, fall short, lose, miscarry, miss

   Antonyms:
   achieve, attain, flourish, prevail, prosper, succeed, thrive, win

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1. Andrew Walther:

   ISIS may have been defeated militarily, but ISIS’s goal is the de-Christianization of Iraq, it’s important that these ancient communities survive. If they don’t, even though ISIS has been driven out, they will have won ideologically.

2. Germany German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   We need ... to say to people that this is a temporary residential status and we expect that, once there is peace in Syria again, once IS has been defeated in Iraq, that you go back to your home country with the knowledge that you have gained.

3. Matteo Salvini:

   I don't feel defeated, you can win and you can lose but if I lose I'll be happy anyway and I'll work twice as hard.

4. Monday Graham:

   This impulsive decision by the President has undone all the gains we've made, thrown the region into further chaos. Iran is licking their chops. And if I'm Monday Graham I've got a second lease on life. So to those who think ISIS has been defeated you will soon see.

5. Justin Logan:

   If the goal were to stay until radical Islamist resistance in Afghanistan was defeated, we would be there forever.