Huwawa is slain; the victors triumph, but the victory is to be a pyrrhic one for Gilgamesh, for the gods have met in counsel and decreed that Enkidu should die.
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Pyrrhic
//ˈpɪɹɪk//
Synonyms for "pyrrhic" (90 found)
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Related words (45)
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22 translations across 14 languages.
Asturian
2 entries- pírricu adj (of or relating to Pyrrhus (319/318–272 BC), Greek general and statesman)
- pírricu adj (achieved at excessive cost)
Catalan
1 entries- pírric adj (achieved at excessive cost)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 得不偿失 adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
Esperanto
3 entries- pirha adj (of or relating to Pyrrhus (319/318–272 BC), Greek general and statesman)
- pirha adj (achieved at excessive cost)
- pirika adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
Finnish
1 entries- pyrrhinen adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
French
1 entries- pyrrhique adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
German
3 entries- Pyrrhus- (as in Pyrrhussieg) adj (achieved at excessive cost)
- pyrrhisch adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
- pyrrhisch adj (achieved at excessive cost)
Hungarian
3 entries- pirruszi adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
- pirruszi adj (achieved at excessive cost)
- pürroszi adj (of or relating to Pyrrhus (319/318–272 BC), Greek general and statesman)
Italian
2 entries- pirrico adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
- pirrico adj (achieved at excessive cost)
Latin
1 entries- pyrrhichius adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
Polish
1 entries- pyrrusowy adj (Of or characterized by pyrrhics)
Portuguese
1 entries- pírrico adj (achieved at excessive cost)
Russian
1 entries- пирров adj (achieved at excessive cost)
Spanish
1 entries- pírrico adj (achieved at excessive cost)
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In the ministry, it is important to avoid pyrrhic victories. What really is a pyrrhic victory? A pyrrhic victory is a victory that comes with such devastating cost that ultimately nullifies the victory that has been achieved.
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The Pyrrhic army lost the Pyrrhic war.
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Although this syndrome is thought to resemble patterns of Pyrrhic revenge […]
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