The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
To nullify
To prevent (something) from being achieved.
To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
To overcome in battle or contest.
Ruin; defeat.
A depression of the strata on one side of a fault