Usually means: Victory that defeats the victor.
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  1. Cadmean victory: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Cadmean victory: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Cadmean victory: Wordnik
  4. Cadmean victory: Wiktionary
  5. Cadmean victory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  7. Cadmean victory, cadmean victory: Dictionary.com
  8. Cadmean victory: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Cadmean victory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cadmean victory: Free Dictionary
  11. Cadmean victory: Dictionary/thesaurus
  12. Cadmean Victory: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. Cadmean victory: Merriam-Webster.com

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  1. cadmean victory: A Word A Day

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cadmean victory)

noun:  A victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished.

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