total defeat
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftotalanddefeat
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total
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.təl/us/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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defeat
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈfiːt/us/dɪˈfiːt/
the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made ...
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(Definition oftotalanddefeatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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His determination during seven years of conflict, when at times he looked close tototaldefeat, was self-evident.
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It is purely vindictive and as such it is an admission oftotaldefeatand total despair because it allows no possibility of correction.
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But we must of course prepare for the survival of a militarist régime till that régime is compelled to acknowledgetotaldefeat.
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Even if we escapetotaldefeatwe shall have to endure great suffering from loss of commerce and food supply.
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There has not been atotaldefeatof the enemy resulting in the challenge of rebuilding a country from scratch.
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I do not mean by that, necessarily, atotaldefeat; but the aggression must be shown not to have been successful.
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First, it had seen thetotaldefeatof communism at a time when that ideology was advancing throughout the hemisphere.
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That party received a complete andtotaldefeat.
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In the years 1940 and 1941 we faced a situation when we were nearer tototaldefeatthan perhaps at any time in the whole of our history.
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But now we could virtually double our expenditure on national defence without rendering the possibility oftotaldefeat, and indeed of annihilation in war, any less likely.
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Not only had they lost their fine castles, but their relief attempt had resulted intotaldefeat.
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