What is "waterloo" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does waterloo mean in English? Meaning of waterloo definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "waterloo" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "waterloo": a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

Noun

  • Meaning: a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
  • Synonyms: waterloo
  • Instance Hypernyms: town
  • Meaning of "waterloo": a final crushing defeat

    Noun

  • Meaning: a final crushing defeat
  • Example: he met his waterloo
  • Synonyms: waterloo
  • Hypernyms: defeat licking
  • Meaning of "waterloo": the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon

    Noun

  • Meaning: the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
  • Synonyms: battle of waterloo waterloo
  • Instance Hypernyms: pitched battle
  • Synonyms:

    overthrow, massacre, collapse, drubbing, whipping, thrashing, slaughter, rout, annihilation, failure, licking, fall, beating, conquest, trashing, vanquishment, trouncing, waxing, crushing defeat, shellacking, whitewashing,

    Antonyms:

    success, win, rise,

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