Pyrrhic victory
Victory at a cost tantamount to defeat
Pyrrhic victory
A Pyrrhic victory ( PIRR-ik) is a victory gained at such a cost to the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. The phrase references a statement attributed to Pyrrhus of Epirus. After his victory against the Romans in the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC, Plutarch reports that Pyrrhus exclaimed "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, then we shall be utterly ruined!"
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