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    waterloo

    waterloo - Dictionary definition and meaning for word waterloo

    Definition
    (noun) a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat Definition
    (noun) a final crushing defeat
    Example Sentence
    • he met his waterloo
    Definition
    (noun) 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
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