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major defeat

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meanings of majorand defeat


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major
adjective
uk /ˈmeɪ.dʒər/ us /ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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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Examples of major defeat


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If phonology is separated from the principles of well-formedness (the ' laws ') that drive it, the resulting loss of constraint and theoretical depth will mark as majordefeat for the enterprise.
Nevertheless, his statement represents a majordefeat for his preferred policy.
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In other words, they had a majordefeat in the public expenditure debate of 1976.
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It also suffered a majordefeat on the troika.
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It was a majordefeat for him, if for no one else.
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No flights of fancy can disguise the fact that this represents a majordefeat.
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It is my belief that a collapse of the sterling system would amount for this country to a majordefeat in the cold war.
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So, we suffered a majordefeat because we were not prepared to defend our own vital interests against external aggression.
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Everywhere the people have suffered a majordefeat.
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In this he was less successful, and suffered a majordefeat in battle in 1355.
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Parliament's amendments were a majordefeat for the directive's original proponents.
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Novgorod suffered a majordefeat and ended with the "de facto" unconditional surrender of the city.
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With such a majordefeat, it appears that the elimination of the county government's home rule through total municipalization will not occur in the near future.
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The result was a majordefeat.
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We have been at war in that area now for at least two years, and we have suffered two major defeats in it.
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Low intensity fighting dragged on with neither side managing to inflict any major defeats on the other.
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