Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhic victory
Definition
Pyr·rhic victory (-pir′ik)
noun
a too costly victory: in reference to either of two victories of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, over the Romans in 280 and 279 , with very heavy losses
Etymology: Gr Pyrrhikos
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