Synonyms for waterloo
ˈwɔ tərˌlu, ˈwɒt ər-, ˌwɔ tərˈlu, ˌwɒt ər-wa·ter·loo

Princeton's WordNet

1. Waterloonoun

   a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

2. waterloonoun

   a final crushing defeat

   "he met his waterloo"

3. Waterloo, Battle of Waterloonoun

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Belgium
   • Defeat
   • Pitched Battle
   • Town

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1. List of known nicknames for "Waterloo":

   Hansi Kreuzmayr, Waterloo & Robinson, Waterloo Robinson, W@terloo, Waterloo, w.loo

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1. Henry Bromel:

   History is powerful stuff. One day your world is fine. The next day it's knocked for a metaphysical loop. Was Napoleon really at Waterloo Would that change what I had for breakfast

2. Tony Pollard:

   It represents the point at which Napoleon came closest to winning the battle of Waterloo, so it's an amazing discovery.

3. Matthew Genge:

   Victor Hugo in the novel ‘Les Miserables’ said of the Battle of Waterloo: ‘an unseasonably clouded sky sufficed to bring about the collapse of a World.’ Now we are a step closer to understanding Tambora’s part in the Battle from half a world away.

4. Kaela Weber:

   The fact that she is coming to Monticello first, a small town in Iowa City, she could have went [ sic ] to Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, i think it just means she... likes to care about the community and small town.

5. Tyson CEO Dean Banks:

   We are extremely upset about the accusations involving some of the leadership at our Tysons Waterloo plant, these allegations do not represent who we are.