defeat

defeat verb [ T ] uk/dɪˈfiːt/ us defeat verb [T]
(MAKE FAIL)

B2 to make someone or something fail

проваливать, расстраивать
The bill was narrowly defeat ed in parliament.

DEFEAT noun

uk/dɪˈfiːt/ us defeat noun
(FAIL)

B2 an occasion when someone or something is made to fail

разгром, крушение
the defeat of apartheid