waterloo

/wˈɔtɝlu/

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Noun
a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
Noun
a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"
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

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