Pyrrhic victory

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Pyr·rhic victory (p

A victory that is offset by staggering losses.

[After Pyrrhus.]

Pyrrhic victory

a victory in which the victor's losses are as great as those of the defeated Also called Cadmean victory

[named after Pyrrhus (319-272 bc), king of Epirus (306-272), who defeated the Romans at Asculum in 279 bc but suffered heavy losses]

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Pyrrhic victory - a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

triumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"

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