a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels

Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.

a decisive or crushing defeat

The candidate met her Waterloo in the national elections.

a city in E Iowa. 75,985.

a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada. 49,428.

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

a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"

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

noun

annihilation , beating , collapse , conquest , crushing defeat , drubbing , failure , fall , licking , massacre , overthrow , rout , shellacking , slaughter , thrashing , trashing , trouncing , vanquishment , waxing , whipping , whitewashing , downfall