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"beaten" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often defeated (8 letters).
Definitions
much trodden and worn smooth or bare
Word origin
From beat + en.
Used in a sentence
“a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Vanquished”6 letters
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