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Pyrrhic victory
Pyr·rhic vic·to·ry (plural Pyr·rhic vic·to·ries)


noun 
Definition:
 
bitter victory: a victory won at such great cost to the victor that it is tantamount to a defeat
[Late 19th century. <Pyrrhus]
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