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Can 'pyrrhic' be used as a synonym for 'nearly fatal'?
I'd like to know if the word 'pyrrhic' can only be used within the context of a victory.
Alright, would you happen to know a synonym for 'nearly fatal?'
5 Answers
- jeanetteLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
i'd say no.
A victory that is offset by staggering losses, as in The campaign was so divisive that even though he won the election it was a Pyrrhic victory. This expression alludes to King Pyrrhus of Epirus, who defeated the Romans at Asculum in 279 BC, but lost his best officers and many of his troops. Pyrrhus then said: "Another such victory and we are lost."
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- Karen LLv 71 decade ago
Pyrrhic and " nealy fatal" don't really have anything to do with each other. You'd have to make the relationship clear, perhaps by saying "Surviving the accident was a Pyrrhic event, because he would have to live the rest of his life with only one arm".
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The original 'Pyrrhic Victory' was by Pyrrhus in ancient times, and cost him so many men killed that he then couldn't put his army back in the field. So, yes, 'nearly fatal' is right, and strictly of victories only.
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