waterloo

• Substantiv, das eine endgültige, entscheidende und vernichtende Niederlage bezeichnet, oft metaphorisch für eine Situation verwendet, in der jemand oder etwas besiegt wird oder völlig scheitert.

A noun referring to a final, decisive, and crushing defeat, often used metaphorically to describe a situation where someone or something is overcome or fails completely.

1. Final crushing defeatC1formal

   A decisive and final defeat, often in a competition or struggle.

   Vernichtende Niederlage

   • The election was his political waterloo.
   • The team met their waterloo in the championship final.
   • The company's waterloo came when the market crashed.

   Synonymecollapsedebacledefeatdisasterdownfallfailurefiascoroutruintrouncing

   Antonymesuccesstriumphvictory