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as in fatalities
a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed
helped the victims of the fire
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as in targets
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule
the victim of schoolyard teasing
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as in sacrifices
something offered to a god
the Aztecs are believed to have sacrificed thousands of victims annually to the sun
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Recent Examples of victims
The first arriving engine found one of the victims had been trapped under the helicopter, Sylvia said.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The three victims' deaths were ruled accidental, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The other victims, a man and four women, survived.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
Preliminary crime statistics from this past weekend show 22 shootings in Chicago in a three-day span, resulting in 29 victims and four murder cases, according to the city's police department.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management said in a statement that 77 victims were taken to hospitals for treatment.
—Britt Clennett, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
He's spent years trying to bring attention to how a lack of services for mental health disorders, affordable housing and policies that prevent renter evictions all directly contribute to Arizona's growing number of heat victims.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
There may be more victims as first responders finish clearing what's left of the church.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
None of the victims has been publicly identified.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The three victims' deaths were ruled accidental, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The other victims, a man and four women, survived.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
Preliminary crime statistics from this past weekend show 22 shootings in Chicago in a three-day span, resulting in 29 victims and four murder cases, according to the city's police department.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management said in a statement that 77 victims were taken to hospitals for treatment.
—Britt Clennett, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
He's spent years trying to bring attention to how a lack of services for mental health disorders, affordable housing and policies that prevent renter evictions all directly contribute to Arizona's growing number of heat victims.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
There may be more victims as first responders finish clearing what's left of the church.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
None of the victims has been publicly identified.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for victims
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Ednar Dayanghirang, an Office of Civil Defense regional director, said that among the fatalities, two were hospital patients who died from heart attacks during the initial earthquake, per the AP.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Hours after the blast, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said the explosion resulted in fatalities but did not give a number.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Oct. 2025
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Expect a big game from Ferguson, the Cowboys’ tight end who leads all tight ends in targets through five contests.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Other weapons on display included shorter-range ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, which the North previously described as capable of delivering nuclear strikes against targets in South Korea.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Except life in pro sport demands sacrifices, as Darlington Nagbe found out.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Selena Gomez returns as Alex Russo in the two-part finale and sacrifices herself to save her daughter.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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There were no initial reports of casualties.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Along these lines, American casualties during the 1950 invasion of Korea by the North made US neutrality almost impossible.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Book, however, said increasing graduate school offerings is not at odds with excellence in undergraduate education.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
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For the first time in Delta’s history, the company now expects sales of premium seats—long seen as a luxury—will overtake those of its traditional main cabin offerings, and will do so in 2026, a full year earlier than previously expected.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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The venom in their fangs inhibits the swimming and breathing abilities of their prey.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
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Then, using an interactive Shark HQ, four of the world’s leading experts deconstruct local encounters to determine why sharks mistake humans for prey.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Victims.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victims. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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