defeating

defeating
index prevailing (having superior force)

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  • Defeating — Defeat De*feat , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defeated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defeating}.] [From F. d[ e]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d[ e]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis + facere to do. See {Feat}, {Fact}, and cf. {Disfashion}.] 1. To undo; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Defeating Jihad — Defeating Jihad: How the War on Terror May Yet Be Won, in Spite of Ourselves [http://www.nrbookservice.com/products/BookPage.asp?prod cd=c6896] is a book by counter terrorist analyst and expert on IslamFact|date=August 2008 Serge Trifkovic. The… …   Wikipedia

  • defeating — Synonyms and related words: ascendant, baffling, confounding, conquering, disconcerting, dominant, flushed with success, frustrating, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, overcoming, prevailing, successful, triumphal, triumphant, vanquishing,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • defeating — de·feat || dɪ fiːt n. act of winning or overcoming; overthrow; instance of being defeated, loss; failure v. overcome, beat; frustrate …   English contemporary dictionary

  • defeating — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Self-defeating prophecy — A self defeating prophecy is the complementary opposite of a self fulfilling prophecy: a prediction that prevents what it predicts from happening. This is also known as the prophet s dilemma .A self defeating prophecy can be the result of… …   Wikipedia

  • Self-defeating personality disorder — Personality disorders Cluster A (odd) Paranoid · Schizoid Schizotypal …   Wikipedia

  • Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama's Radical Agenda — Conservative Victory: Defeating Obama’s Radical Agenda   …   Wikipedia

  • Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism —   …   Wikipedia

  • self-defeating — In practical reasoning a strategy is self defeating when following it interferes with achieving the goals it sets out to further. Thus the strategy of maximizing personal pleasure may be self defeating if by following it one decreases one s… …   Philosophy dictionary

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