The phrase "a dramatic defeat for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant loss experienced by a person, team, or organization in a competitive context, such as sports or politics.
Example: "The election results were a dramatic defeat for the incumbent mayor, who had held office for over a decade."
Alternatives: "a significant loss for" or "a crushing defeat for".
Over its long life it has endured sanctions, famine and the collapse of a planned economy without succumbing.If Kim Jong Un were to get his finger on a nuclear button, it would represent a dramatic defeat for more than two decades of international diplomacy.
Republican leaders abruptly pulled their overhaul of the nation's health-care system from the House floor on Friday, a dramatic defeat for President Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan that leaves a major campaign promise unfulfilled and casts doubt on the Republican Party's ability to govern.
Franz Müntefering, the secretary general of Mr. Schröder's party, acknowledged a "dramatic defeat," but played down the significance for the coming election.
Recently however, following a dramatic defeat by Auburn, a low-hanging, inescapable cloud of melancholy and regret engulfed the campus.
Crawley face relegation after conceding two goals in the final three minutes in a dramatic defeat at Peterborough.
It tells why the French king Charles X and his prime minister Joseph de Villele decided to call the general election of 1827, and the reasons for the dramatic defeat they suffered; the means employed to elect a chamber of deputies that would sustain the reactionary leanings of the king; and the range of efforts by both left and extreme right oppositions to win the election.
Phoenix then went on a dramatic run that culminated in their defeating the top-ranked Golden State Warriors for the Western Conference championship in seven games.
Oct. 28: GREEN BAY, 1 25 p.m., (Ch. 11) — The last time Aaron Rodgers played in the Coliseum, he completed 23 consecutive passes for California in a dramatic 23-17 defeat by USC.
The 23-year-old is added to the 12 players on duty for the dramatic defeat by Sri Lanka at Headingley last month.
There was some good news for Rovers as Bradford suffered a dramatic late 23-22 defeat at home to the Catalan Dragons to dent their hopes of sneaking into the top-eight play-off positions.
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder blamed fatigue for his side's dramatic defeat by Leinster in the final of the Heineken Cup on Saturday.
