What is a word for a costly victory (in terms of injury or death)?

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What is a word for a costly victory (in terms of injury or death)?

Seven letters, third letter "R", fouth letter "R"

2007-12-28 18:11:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports

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PYRRHIC
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor. The phrase is an allusion to King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties when he defeated the Romans during the Pyrrhic War at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279 BC.

2007-12-28 18:15:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

Pyrrhic

2007-12-28 18:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Pyrrhic

2007-12-28 18:13:30 · answer #3 · answered by Stag S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋