User blog comment:TheDoctor230/Barry Hasn't Defeated a Big Bad Yet (Technically)/@comment-24152851-20180110063546/@comment-24152851-20180110073046

Defeat and kill isn't the same thing though. Oliver beat Slade but didn't kill him. Barry did beat Savitar, had him on the ground at his mercy about to be erased from existence, even if Iris delved the killer shot.