| defeat purpose | 5.20 | That would defeat the purpose. | ||
| defeat measure | 4.87 | It will take eight votes to defeat the measure. | ||
| defeat bill | 3.82 | A tie vote would defeat the bill. | ||
| defeat rebel | 3.42 | Arroyo has vowed to defeat the rebels. | ||
| defeat proposal | 3.29 | Voters defeated that proposal. | ||
| defeat amendment | 3.23 | A tie vote defeats an amendment. | ||
| defeat effort | 2.96 | Last year these efforts were defeated by just one vote. | ||
| defeat attempt | 2.30 | Lim was also instrumental in defeating coup attempts against Mrs. Aquino. | ||
| defeat candidate | 2.11 | He defeated Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov by a wide margin. | ||
| defeat motion | 2.04 | Culture minister defeats impeachment motion. | ||
| defeat enemy | 1.91 | He can defeat any enemy. | ||
| defeat opponent | 1.91 | He defeated five opponents and won the seat. | ||
| defeat legislation | 1.84 | The Senate recently defeated legislation to ban soft money. | ||
| defeat terrorism | 1.71 | How to defeat terrorism? | ||
| defeat challenger | 1.58 | He defeated two challengers, Nasir Safar and Md Yassin Ibrahim. | ||
| defeat champion | 1.51 | An outsider defeated the champion! | ||
| defeat force | 1.45 | This was after Spanish forces had been defeated by the Americans. | ||
| defeat team | 1.45 | They usually defeat the teams they are supposed to beat. | ||
| defeat resolution | 1.18 | Beijing has defeated the resolution each time, often by narrow margins. | ||
| defeat incumbent | 1.12 | No black incumbent was defeated, or even seriously threatened. |