Dictionary Check: waterloo

"waterloo" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 12 points

Definition

noun

a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

Synonyms:
noun

a final crushing defeat

Example: "he met his waterloo"
noun

the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon

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