waterloo

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Noun waterloo has 2 senses

Waterloo - a final crushing defeat; "he met his Waterloo"
--₁ is a kind of defeat, licking
Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo - the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat; Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
--₂ is a kind of pitched battle
--₂ is a part of Napoleonic Wars