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waterloo
OXFORD DICTIONARY
waterloo, n. a decisive defeat or contest (meet one's Waterloo).
Etymology
Waterloo in Belgium, where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815
THESAURUS
waterloo
beating, collapse, conquering, conquest, crash, deathblow, debacle, defeat, destruction, downfall, drubbing, failure, fall, hiding, lambasting, lathering, licking, mastery, overcoming, overthrow, overturn, quietus, ruin, smash, subdual, subduing, subjugation, thrashing, trimming, trouncing, undoing, vanquishment, whippingFor further exploring for "waterloo" in Webster Dictionary Online