Defeater [noun]

The uprising — a 1916 rebellion by republicans against British rule in Ireland — made the front page of the New York Times for eight consecutive days before ending in defeat when leader Pádraic Pearse issued his unconditional surrender.

After defeats of Penn State and Michigan, it’s kind of hard to argue.

She couldn’t get her version through, and after multiple defeats had to settle for a greatly scaled back proposal.

Currently, Perdue’s lead is double the margin of defeat that Stacey Abrams faced for governor just two years ago.

Harrison's campaign did not anticipate the scale of that defeat.

This isn’t so for the loser, who must ultimately accept the responsibility for the defeat.

The city of San Diego’s affordable housing bond, which was on this ballot, was on track for defeat Wednesday morning.

The Associated Press projected defeat for the ballot measure on Tuesday evening.

These conditions, along with strong Democratic fundraising and mediocre Republican candidate recruitment in many key races, have left a pretty short list of Democratic incumbents who are in serious danger of defeat, as the table below shows.