Definitions
Final crushing defeat or decisive setback.
Word origin
From Middle Dutch, composed of water (“water”) + loo (“sacred wood, forest”). More at water, lea. cf. German Loh. Most places in English-speaking countries are named for the battle.
Used in a sentence
“He flung his dime at a newsboy, got his Express, propped his back against the truck, and was at once rapt in the account of his Waterloo as expanded by the ingenious press.”
“Surprisingly, Greenfield did not meet his Waterloo in this showdown with his competitors.”
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