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"Pyrrhic" is usually used as the phrase "Pyrrhic victory" which means a victory which cost you so much that most people would figure you'd lost, or at least laugh when you told them you were the winner. The phrase is named after King Pyrrhus. In fighting the Romans he lost almost everything, men and friends, but technically won the battle. Like the scene in the cowboy movies where "the kid" keeps getting beaten down by the bully but struggles bravely to his feet time and time again. The bully eventually walks away in disgust so the kid "wins" at he cost of all his teeth, and several broken ribs!
The term can be used for any battle - financial, legal, divorce, medical.
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