Wiped (fr. Essuya)
Translation into English
L'armée birmane, mal équipée, en dépit de l'avantage numérique, essuya une défaite.
The poorly equipped Burmese army despite the advantage in numbers suffered a defeat.
Example taken from data source: wikimedia_v20210402 Elle essuya les larmes du garçon.
She kissed away the boy's tears.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Ainsi, le duc de Cumberland remporta sa seule victoire et Charles essuya sa seule défaite.
Thus the Duke of Cumberland won his only victory and Charles suffered his only defeat.
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018 Toutefois, lorsqu'il envoya un messager auprès de cette bande pour l'informer qu'il les rencontrerait au camp des Cris de Carlton, il essuya un refus.
However, when he sent a messenger to that band to tell them that he would meet them at the camp of the Carlton Cree, they refused.
Example taken from data source: giga-fren_v2 Il essuya les larmes restantes.
He wipes away the remaining tears.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Élu deux fois à I'assemblée législative du Manitoba, il fit office de Président de la Chambre au cours de la session 1878-1879; il essuya toutefois quatre défaites électorales et finit par abandonner la politique pour aller habiter en Californie.
He was twice elected to the Manitoba Legislature and served in the session of 1878-1879 as Speaker of the House; but he was defeated in four election campaigns, and eventually withdrew from politics and moved to California.
Example taken from data source: giga-fren_v2 Mahiette soupira, et essuya une larme qui roulait dans ses yeux.
Mahiette sighed, and wiped away a tear which trickled from her eyes.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1