Found 2 items, similar to Pyrrhic victory.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhic victory
n : a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhic
\Pyr"rhic\, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ?
(sc. ?) a kind of war dance.]
1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance.
“ ye
have the pyrrhic dance as yet.” --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics;
containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
[1913 Webster]
Pyrrhic victory [From Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.],
(a) a victory in which the winning side sustains very
heavy losses.
(b) any act supposedly benefitting the actor, for which
the costs outweight the benefits.
[PJC]