defeated nation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdefeatandnation
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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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nation
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˈneɪ.ʃən/
a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, ...
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(Definition ofdefeatandnationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Reparations are the compensation extracted as an indemnity from adefeatednationby the victors.
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Reparations are the compensation extracted as an indemnity from adefeatednationby the victors.
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Thedefeatednationhas resumed its normal life.
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Adefeatednationhas been put on its feet because it followed the precept, which our trade unions should follow, of mergers of industrial unions.
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Some of them resemble the terms that a victorious power would impose on adefeatednation.
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Here is a report which says that, as regards our external position, we emerged from the war adefeatednation.
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Forty years on, we are not talking about adefeatednationbut one which is the second richest in the world.
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He never wished to trample on a fallen foe, whether a political opponent or adefeatednation.
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She was then adefeatednation.
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Adenauer, the leader of adefeatednation?
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On earth, he captured 16,000 princesses of defeated nations.
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