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pyrrhic victory
noun
(Pyrrhic victory)
a victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost to achieve it
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pyrrhic
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vindication
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poetic justice
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travesty
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capitulation
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victorious
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disastrous
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perverse
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repudiation
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disgrace
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foregone conclusion
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nugatory
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fait accompli
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wishful thinking
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reformable
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unpalatable
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pipedream
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revanche
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illusory
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inconceivable
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triumphalism
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uncontestable
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axiomatically
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foreordained
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foolhardy
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sour grapes
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folly
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plausible
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temporized
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irremediable
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defeater
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indeed
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inevitable
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locus classicus
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ignominious
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ungraciously
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arguable
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defeatist
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scorched earth policy
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machination
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partizan
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faute de mieux
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tenable
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pity
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galling
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capitulate
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undoing
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majoritarianism
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evitable
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bunkum
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containable
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unceremonial
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sovereignity
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castroism
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implausible
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purblind
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realpolitik
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vindicated
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death knell
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booby prize
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salutary
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red herring
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europhile
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masterstroke
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nullity
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futile
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cakewalk
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gambit
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instructive
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specious argument
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unreformable
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sanguinely
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reconquest
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magnanimous
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untenable
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stalemating
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sticky wicket
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acquiescence
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counterblast
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trump card
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appeasement
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placeman
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preferable
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anticlimax
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treasonable
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denouement
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consolation prize
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dispiriting
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tantamount
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anathema
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irrelevance
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unthinkable
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irrelevant
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incalculable
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bloodbath
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sepoy mutiny
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endgame
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unarguable
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casus belli
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miracle
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pyrrhic victory
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