The Clue
Defeating in a tournament (11 letter answer)
The Answer
ELIMINATING
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Notes
The answer ELIMINATING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
ELIMINATE as a verb:
1. (eliminate, get rid of, do away with) = terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
2. (obviate, rid of, eliminate) = do away with
3. (eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off) = kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
4. (rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject) = dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
5. (excrete, egest, eliminate, pass) = eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
6. remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"
7. remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations