A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor; it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat.
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China did, but it was a Pyrrhic victory, meaning they won in some way but received a heavy death toll in the process
The question is wrong. It means to say what does a Pyrrhic victory mean? Which is indeed to win a battle but not the war. However, the word it uses, phyric, means an igneous rock texture containing phenocrysts. Rocks are much smarter than humans, and do not fight battles and wars, so the question in its current form makes no sense.
The South won the Battle of Chickamauga, but by losing almost as many as they killed. It was another pyrrhic victory for the South. While the North could afford such losses, the South could not. Braxton Bragg was the Southern general in command at Chickamauga. The Union general, William S. Rosecrans, was forced to withdraw.
A Cadmean victory is a victory in which the victors are as much damaged as the vanquished.
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It was a Pyrrhic victory for the captain of the warship after he sank the Japanese submarine because his ship caught a torpedo and sank.
Pyrrhic victory.
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat. Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way; however, the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit.
Pyrrhic Victory - 2003 was released on: USA: September 2003 (San Diego Best Fest)
A Pyrrhic victory
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor; it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat. a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables
It was a pyrrhic victory for the British.
The Greek root for Pyrrhic victory is "Pyrrhos," referring to King Pyrrhos of Epirus, who won a battle against the Romans in a costly and bloody manner.
The speaker probably meant a Pyrrhic victory: a victory won, but at too great of a cost.
Since a Pyrrhic victory is defined as a "victory with devastating cost to the victor", the opposite can either of two things; "a loss with devastating cost to the victor" (in which the perspective is opposed to the Pyrrhic Victory) or "a victory with devastating cost to the loser".In the case of the former, one could say that this is exactly the same as a Pyrrhic victory, but seen from the losing side. This is comparable to a 'heroic failure'.In the case of the latter, one could say this is a 'massacre', in which the victor sustains no significant loss, but the losing side taking massive losses.
Pyrrhic Victory (Ancient Greek origin)
The speaker probably meant a Pyrrhic victory: a victory won, but at too great of a cost.