Examples of 'devastating defeat' in a sentence

Meaning of "devastating defeat"

devastating defeat: a very severe and overwhelming loss in a competition or battle

How to use "devastating defeat" in a sentence

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devastating defeat
But they early on suffered a devastating defeat.
Faced a devastating defeat.
The Tang army was subjected to a devastating defeat.
It is a devastating defeat for the Turks.
After his navy suffers a devastating defeat.
With the devastating defeat at Yarmouk his empire was extremely vulnerable to Muslim invasion.
It was as the result of that devastating defeat that the.
It inflicted the devastating defeat upon the Japanese army at the Battle of Kunlun Pass.
Only General Xiao and few remaining survivors managed to escape from the devastating defeat.
The expedition ended in a devastating defeat of the Athenian forces.
A battle ensued, whereupon the defenders suffered a devastating defeat.
The Turgesh suffered a devastating defeat and lost almost whole of their army.
The Susquehannock suffered devastating defeat.
The Red Army inflicted one devastating defeat after another upon the retreating Wehrmacht corps.
President Johnson insisted that the Tet Offensive had been a devastating defeat for the communists.

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His army was dealt a devastating defeat at the Battle of Wakefield.
They were wrong, and suffered a devastating defeat.
It is a devastating defeat Gentlemen, we have urgent business to discuss.
That 's the mark of a truly devastating defeat.
He inflicted a devastating defeat against Crixus, but was in turn defeated by Spartacus.
When the end came, it would be a devastating defeat.
After the devastating defeat at Yarmouk, his empire was extremely vulnerable to a Muslim invasion.
The pan-democrats suffered a devastating defeat in the election.
For that devastating defeat at trivia last night. It's a consolation prize I insist.
It is not good enough to win ; it has to be a painful and devastating defeat.
The election resulted in the most devastating defeat in the history of Canadian politics.
Prepare to board! After his navy suffers a devastating defeat.
The army suffered a devastating defeat at the Civil War.
Recruits from Shandong arrived first, but they suffered a devastating defeat and had to disband.
His ruthless and devastating defeat of the knights gained him the title "White Reaper.
In the ensuing battle, Caesar 's forces inflict a devastating defeat on Pompey.
Jeremy Corbyn 's devastating defeat in last fall 's UK elections should be instructive.
The Armenian team suffered a devastating defeat 0:7.
It is a devastating defeat for the Turks . Gentlemen, we have urgent business.
The “ shame, ” however, applies to the devastating defeat they will suffer.
It was a devastating defeat for WHO, the CDC, and the medical cartel.
In January 1949, the Chinese Nationalist armies suffered a devastating defeat by the Communists at Tientsin.
It took a devastating defeat in the 1950 final at home to initiate a color scheme change.
On 18 October 1081, the Byzantines under Alexios suffered a devastating defeat at the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
However, the Persians suffered a devastating defeat at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah in 636.

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