Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pyrrhic_victory

1 sense of pyrrhic victory

Sense 1
Pyrrhic victory -- (a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses)
       => victory, triumph -- (a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense")