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Wa⋅ter⋅loo
[waw-ter-loo, wot-er-, waw-ter-loo, wot-er-; for 1 also Flem. vah-tuh
r-loh] 
–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-)
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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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Waterloo
see meet one's waterloo.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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