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Waterloo

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Wa⋅ter⋅loo

  [waw-ter-loo, wot-er-, waw-ter-loo, wot-er-; for 1 also Flem. vah-tuhr-loh]
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–noun
1. a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.
2. a decisive or crushing defeat: The candidate met her Waterloo in the national elections.
3. a city in E Iowa. 75,985.
4. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada. 49,428.
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wa·ter·loo   (wô'tər-lōō', wŏt'ər-, wô'tər-lōō', wŏt'ər-)   
n.   pl. wa·ter·loos
A final, crushing defeat.

[After Waterloo, Belgium.]
Wa·ter·loo   (wô'tər-lōō', wŏt'ər-, wô'tər-lōō', wŏt'ər-)   

  1. A town of central Belgium near Brussels. Napoleon met his final defeat in the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815).

  2. A city of northeast Iowa northwest of Cedar Rapids. First settled in 1845, it is a trade center in an agricultural region. Population: 66,000.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Waterloo 
battle took place June 18, 1815, at village near Brussels; extended sense of "a final, crushing defeat" is first attested 1816 in letter of Lord Byron.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

Waterloo

see meet one's waterloo.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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