Pyrrhic victory

Definition of Pyrrhic victory

a victory in which the winning side sustains very heavy losses.
any act supposedly benefitting the actor, for which the costs outweight the benefits.

See also: Pyrrhic Pyrrhic

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Cadmean victory, KO, ascendancy, championship, conquest, easy victory, grand slam, knockout, landslide, landslide victory, mastery, moral victory, picnic, pushover, runaway victory, subdual, subduing, success, total victory, triumph, victory, walkaway, walkover, win, winning, winning streak
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