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/,wɔtər'lu/

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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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battle of waterloo

part of:
napoleonic wars
noun
a final crushing defeat
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"he met his waterloo"

type of:
licking defeat
noun
a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
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part of:
kingdom of belgium belgium belgique

Examples of waterloo

"he met his waterloo"