| Defeated contestant | 19 |
| Defeated conclusively | 21 |
| Defeated champ's demand | 27 |
| Defeated by a whisker | 21 |
| Defeated by a tiny margin | 25 |
| Defeated at chess | 17 |
| Defeated and then some | 22 |
| Defeated Amendment | 18 |
| Defeated a bill | 15 |
| Defeated | 8 |
| Defeat, sportswise | 18 |
| Defeat, so to speak | 19 |
| Defeat, slangily | 16 |
| Defeat, in bridge | 17 |
| Defeat, in a way | 16 |
| Defeat, in a joust | 18 |
| Defeat, barely | 14 |
| Defeat, Ã la Oakley | 22 |
| Defeat, as the incumbent | 24 |
| Defeat, as Kobayashi | 20 |
| Defeat, as an incumbent | 23 |
| Defeat, and how! | 16 |
| Defeat, a la Ali | 16 |
| Defeat with cunning | 19 |
| Defeat with a look | 18 |
| Defeat with a crossruff, maybe | 30 |
| Defeat utterly | 14 |
| Defeat Truscott | 15 |
| Defeat thoroughly | 17 |
| Defeat the bridge contract | 26 |
| Defeat soundly (with "of") | 36 |
| Defeat soundly (with ''of'') | 44 |
| Defeat soundly in slang | 24 |
| Defeat soundly | 14 |
| Defeat solidly | 14 |
| Defeat resoundingly | 19 |
| Defeat quickly and overwhelmingly | 33 |
| Defeat Peter | 12 |
| Defeat overwhelmingly | 21 |
| Defeat or leave in a bad way | 28 |
| Defeat on a mat | 15 |
| Defeat narrowly, with "out" | 37 |
| Defeat narrowly | 15 |
| Defeat in the regatta | 21 |
| Defeat in Dodge, perhaps | 24 |
| Defeat in competition | 21 |
| Defeat in bridge | 16 |
| Defeat in battle | 16 |
| Defeat in a tournament | 22 |
| Defeat in a pool race | 21 |
| Defeat in a pie contest | 23 |
| Defeat in a match | 17 |
| Defeat in a jump-rope competition, say | 38 |
| Defeat in a heat | 16 |
| Defeat in a footrace | 20 |
| Defeat in a don't-blink contest | 35 |
| Defeat in a derby | 17 |
| Defeat in | 9 |
| Defeat handily | 14 |
| Defeat Goren | 12 |
| Defeat for Goren | 16 |
| Defeat easily | 13 |
| Defeat democratically | 21 |
| Defeat decisively | 17 |
| Defeat crushingly | 17 |
| Defeat crabgrass, in a way | 26 |
| Defeat crabgrass | 16 |
| Defeat convincingly | 19 |
| Defeat completely | 17 |
| Defeat by looks | 15 |
| Defeat by kayo | 14 |
| Defeat by just a tad | 20 |
| Defeat by a stroke? | 19 |
| Defeat by a single point | 24 |
| Defeat by a hair | 16 |
| Defeat badly | 12 |
| Defeat at chess | 15 |
| Defeat at bridge | 16 |
| Defeat at an auction | 20 |
| Defeat at a rifle range | 23 |
| Defeat and then some | 20 |
| Defeat an incumbent | 19 |
| Defeat all comers | 17 |
| Defeat again, in a way | 22 |
| Defeat a schemer | 16 |
| Defeat a la Ali | 15 |
| Defeat a contract at bridge | 27 |
| Defeat a contract | 17 |
| Defeat a bridge contract | 24 |
| Defeat a bridge bid | 19 |
| Defeat | 6 |
| Defaults | 8 |
| Defaulter's worry | 21 |
| Defaulter's risk, briefly | 29 |
| Defaulter's risk | 20 |
| Defaulter's loss, informally | 32 |
| Defaulter's loss, briefly | 29 |
| Defaulter's loss | 20 |
| Defaulter's concern | 23 |
| Defaulter's comeuppance | 27 |