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noun:  (sometimes proscribed) A Pyrrhic victory; an empty victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost in order to achieve it.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow, victory. A victory that is hollow, i.e. meaningless.

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