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Pyrrhic victory

- bitter victory: a victory won at such great cost to the victor that it is tantamount to a defeat

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Malplaquet, Battle of

Marlborough described Malplaquet as “a very bloody battle”, of a kind he hoped never to see again. The attackers lost more than the defenders:...

Victory (quotations)

Americans: We Americans seem not to realize that…, Character: If you're not big enough…, Democracy: It is an incredible feeling,…, Faith: Sing a...

HMS Victory, battleship of the British Royal Navy. Work began on HMS Victory in 1759 and the ship was launched at Chatham on May 7, 1765. At its...

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United in Victory (David Rogers/Allsport)

United in Victory

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England’s Ashes Victory (Kieran Doherty/Reuters/Corbis)

England’s Ashes Victory

Vicente Fox Speaks after his Election Victory (Courtesy of Gordon Skene. All Rights Reserved.)

Vicente Fox Speaks after his Election Victory

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	Windows Live® Search Results Pyrrhic victory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Pyrrhic victory (IPA: /ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with devastating cost to the victor. The phrase is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable ... Pyrrhic victory Pyrrhic victory - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... Meaning. A victory gained at too great a cost. Origin. King Pyrrhus of Epirus gained such a victory over the Romans in ... Pyrrhic victory. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third ... Pyrrhic victory. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002 ... PEER-ik) A victory that is accompanied by enormous losses and leaves the winners in as desperate ... See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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