Meaning Of The Word Pyrrhic victory

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Pyrrhic victory Meaning

Pyrrhic victory Definition
Pyrrhic victory Definition

What's The Definition Of Pyrrhic victory?

Pyrrhic victory
countable noun: If you describe a victory as a Pyrrhic victory, you mean that although someone has won or gained something, they have also lost something which was worth even more.

Pyrrhic victory in American English
a too costly victory
noun: a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost

Pyrrhic victory in British English
noun: a victory in which the victor's losses are as great as those of the defeated

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