Definitions
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- adjective achieved at excessive cost
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term Pyrrhic victory, meaning a triumph more costly than a loss, was made for just such moments.
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The students of the Palmetto State will learn the meaning of the phrase Pyrrhic victory in the next few days.
SI.com 2011
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The students of the Palmetto State will learn the meaning of the phrase Pyrrhic victory in the next few days.
CNN.com 2011
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SeattlePepe: Wow, as the details are coming out, between cuts and The definition of Pyrrhic, Pepe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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RedWhiteandBlueState: The definition of Pyrrhic, Pepe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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A long term Pyrrhic victory for the Dems, that serves as the perfect rallying banner in which to energize the conservative base of the GOP for the next election cycle. (aka the Income Tax Protest).
Truman's Take 2009
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I think it's technically called a Pyrrhic victory.
Plouffe Rules Out Use Of Whitewater Or Cattle Futures Against Hillary 2009
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What the eight victories that she got are called Pyrrhic victories, OK?
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The warrior dance is different from the peaceful one, and may be rightly termed Pyrrhic; this imitates the modes of avoiding blows and missiles by dropping or giving way, or springing aside, or rising up or falling down; also the opposite postures which are those of action, as, for example, the imitation of archery and the hurling of javelins, and of all sorts of blows.
Laws 2006
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The cattle are particularly large, and likewise the sheep of the so-called Pyrrhic breed, the name being given in honour of King Pyrrhus.
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