defeat

Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.

The escheators […] defeated the right heir of his succession.

The last active L.Y.R. 0-6-0ST (apart from works shunters), No. 51408, has been moved from Bolton to Agecroft for use in New Bailey Yard, Salford, where a sharp 1 in 27 curve is said to have defeated all attempts so far to employ diesel shunters; an ex-L.Y.R. 0-4-0ST also works here.