a pyrrhic victory

English - Turkish

Definition of a pyrrhic victory in English Turkish dictionary
hollow victory: boş başarı
hollow victory: bir şeye yaramayan zafer
pyrrhic victory: fazla pahalıya mal olan zafer
Pyrrhic victory: Büyük kayıplarla kazanılan başarı. (Epir kralı Pyrrhus'a atfen.)
Pyrrhic victory: görünüşteki zafer
Pyrrhic victory: fazla pahalıya mal olan zafer; büyük kayıplarla kazanılan başarı
Pyrrhic victory: gerçekte bir felâket olan zafer
Pyrrhic victory: büyük kayıplarla elde edilen zafer

English - English

Definition of a pyrrhic victory in English English dictionary
Pyrrhic victory: A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost
a Pyrrhic victory.: hollow victory
A victory: scalp
Pyrrhic victory: If you describe a victory as a Pyrrhic victory, you mean that although someone has won or gained something, they have also lost something which was worth even more. a victory in which the person who wins suffers so much that the victory was hardly worth winning (Pyrrhus (312?-272BC), Greek king whose army defeated the Romans but had very many killed and wounded)
Pyrrhic victory: victory accompanied by enormous losses (as was Pyrrhus' victory over the Romans in the 3rd century B.C.)
pyrrhic victory: a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

a pyrrhic victory

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a Pyr·rhic Vic·to·ry

ı pîrîk vîktri

/ə ˈpərək ˈvəktrē/ /ə ˈpɪrɪk ˈvɪktriː/

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