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Waterloo: 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; a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"; a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

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trouncing collapse

whipping collapse: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

deathblow collapse: the blow that kills (usually mercifully)

thrashing collapse: a sound defeat

subjugation collapse: forced submission to control by others

licking collapse

subdual collapse

conquest collapse: success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space"; the act of conquering

undoing collapse: an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

subduing collapse

downfall collapse: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

debacle collapse: a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

hiding collapse

trimming collapse: the act of adding decoration; "the children had to be in bed before it was time for the trimming of the tree"; a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"

overturn collapse: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"; turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"; cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

destruction collapse: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

quietus collapse

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