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PYRRHIC VICTORY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyrrhic victory mean?

• PYRRHIC VICTORY (noun)
The noun PYRRHIC VICTORY has 1 sense:

1. a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

Familiarity information: PYRRHIC VICTORY used as a noun is very rare.

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• PYRRHIC VICTORY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("Pyrrhic victory" is a kind of...):

triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)

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