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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Purvey-Pyrrhic Victoryby ColeStipe | 8 terms | July 17, 2009 |
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| pyrrhic victory definitions | |||
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| 1 | a too-costly victory | 48 sets | |
| 2 | a victory that is offset by staggering losses or that comes at a huge price | 15 sets | |
| 3 | a very costly success | 13 sets | |
| 4 | a too costly victory | 11 sets | |
| 5 | costly victory | 5 sets | |
| 6 | a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses | 5 sets | |
| 7 | a victory achieved at great cost. | 5 sets | |
| 8 | a victory won at excessive cost | 3 sets | |
| 9 | a very costly success. | 3 sets | |
| 10 | (n) a victory that is offset by staggering losses or that comes at a huge price | 3 sets | |
| 11 | a victory that is exceptionally costly | 2 sets | |
| 12 | a victory or success that comes at the expense of great losses or costs. the phrase is an allusion to king pyrrhus of epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties when he defeated the romans during the pyrrhic war at heraclea in 280 bc and asculum in 279 bc. | 2 sets | |
| 13 | one that comes at too great a cost | 2 sets | |
| 14 | a victory won at too great a cost. | 2 sets | |
| 15 | too costly victory | 2 sets | |
| 16 | very costly success | 2 sets | |
| 17 | victory achieved at ruinous cost | 2 sets | |
| 18 | noun. a victory that is offset by staggering losses or that comes at a huge price. | 1 set | |
| 19 | victory with staggering loss | 1 set | |
| 20 | a victory at tremendous cost | 1 set | |
| 21 | pyrrhos defeated the romans at asculum, 279 bc but lost so many man that he exclaimed "one more such victory and we are undone!" | 1 set | |
| 22 | a costly win | 1 set | |
| 23 | victory achieved at too great a cost | 1 set | |
| 24 | n- a victory that is offset by staggering losses | 1 set | |
| 25 | too great a loss | 1 set | |
| 26 | scarcely better than losing | 1 set | |
| 27 | winner's victory comes at such a great expense | 1 set | |
| 28 | a short term win that leads to long term loss | 1 set | |
| 29 | adj; a too costly victory; from pyrrhus, a greek king who defeated the romans in 279 bc, but suffered extremely heavy losses in the lilght | 1 set | |
| 30 | winning at too great a cost | 1 set | |
| 31 | a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost | 1 set | |
| 32 | to costly victory | 1 set | |
| 33 | a victory that comes into huge price | 1 set | |
| 34 | a victory achieved at great cost; a ruinous victory. | 1 set | |
| 35 | victory that comes with a huge price | 1 set | |
| 36 | noun : a victory that is offset by staggering losses or a huge price | 1 set | |
| 37 | victory in which there are many losses | 1 set | |
| 38 | a victory that has great consequences, staggering losses or comes at a great price | 1 set | |
| 39 | exceptionally costly victory | 1 set | |
| 40 | suffered great losses | 1 set | |