waterloo

• Nom désignant une défaite finale, décisive et écrasante, souvent utilisé métaphoriquement pour décrire une situation où quelqu'un ou quelque chose est vaincu ou subit un échec total.

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.

   défaite écrasante et décisive

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

   Synonymescollapsedebacledefeatdisasterdownfallfailurefiascoroutruintrouncing

   Antonymessuccesstriumphvictory