"has successfully defeated" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a past action where someone or something has been beaten or overcome in a particular situation. Example: The soccer team has successfully defeated their rivals in the championship game, securing their spot as the top team in the league.
Kyle, who has successfully defeated cancer twice, will be paid $250,000.
Since 1968, no one in either party has successfully defeated at the Convention the candidate who won a plurality of the primaries and the caucuses.
That Leslie's tax is approved may be the most unrealistic element of the episode: in the nonsitcom world, the soft-drink industry has successfully defeated dozens of local and state proposals to adopt a tax on sugary drinks, often by spending millions of dollars in campaign donations and rallying local businesses.
Had Israel not proceeded with its energetic pursuit of the settlement policy, political and security cooperation between the two sides could have successfully defeated the opponents of a two-state solution.
In January 2016, during a press conference in which DeepMind announced that its AlphaGo system had successfully defeated a high-level human player at the ancient board game Go, the Guardian asked DeepMind co-founder and chief executive Demis Hassabis whether it would make any information about the ethics board public.
This surge has blown the lid off an air of complacency that was brought on by statements of the military and civilian leaders to the effect that Pakistan had successfully defeated the militants.
As the report concedes without mentioning Donilon's role, "Over the years, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's aggressive lobbying efforts had successfully defeated efforts to bring them under closer supervision".
Meyer Glitzenstein and Crystal, the law firm that represented the animal rights groups said in a statement that it, "believes that it would have successfully defeated the RICO case" but agreed to the settlement in the interest of finally ending the drawn-out case.
No champion has successfully defended his title.
In other words, the Spurs haven't merely won the off-season, they may have just successfully defeated the salary cap.
Parliament, controlled by a coalition that supports the candidate whom Jokowi defeated, has successfully blocked his every move.
