defeat

[1]	overcome , conquer , vanquish , be victorious over , get the better of , beat , subdue , overwhelm , overpower , prevail over , triumph over , bring down , worst , thrash , rout , repulse , overthrow , trounce , whip , crush , destroy , do in , best
[2]	thwart , frustrate , disappoint , check , balk , stop , terminate , end , finish , foil
[3]	get the better of , overcome
[4]	kill , shoot down , vote down , vote out

[1]	licking
[2]	frustration
[3]	conquest , overthrow , beating , repulse , trouncing , rout , vanquishment
[4]	frustration , undoing , failure , miscarriage , set-back , Waterloo