Waterloo
Americannoun
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a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.
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a decisive or crushing defeat.
The candidate met her Waterloo in the national elections.
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a city in E Iowa.
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a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
noun
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a small town in central Belgium, in Walloon Brabant province south of Brussels: battle (1815) fought nearby in which British and Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington and Blücher routed the French under Napoleon. Pop: 29 003 (2004 est)
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a total or crushing defeat (esp in meet one's Waterloo )
Example Sentences
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He now works in customer service for Network Rail at Waterloo Station.
From BBC
"Using synthetic biology, we built something like an electrical circuit, but instead of wires we used pieces of DNA," said Dr. Brian Ingalls, a professor of applied mathematics at Waterloo.
From Science Daily
“We have two major criteria when we look at climate reliability,” said Daniel Scott, a professor of environment at Waterloo and the chief author of the report.
From Los Angeles Times
The King will attend the film's launch on Wednesday - in the first premiere held at Windsor Castle, with the spectacular Waterloo Chamber turned into a makeshift cinema.
From BBC
Caren Kelleher, who co-owns Waterloo Records & Video, talked to visitors who had driven in from Dallas, Houston and El Paso to get a chance to hear Styles’s latest song a little early.
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