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as in target
a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule
the victim of schoolyard teasing
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as in sacrifice
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 victim
The victim, 33-year-old Rebecca Roth, was found by her mother inside a Hyundai Elantra in the parking lot of the Tall Oaks apartment complex on Long Tree Lane early Friday morning, according to police.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
And the fact that there are so many victims can’t be justified.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
The consequences for the young victims were devastating.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Officers identified two adult victims, one of whom suffered minor injuries, police said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
And the fact that there are so many victims can’t be justified.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
The consequences for the young victims were devastating.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Officers identified two adult victims, one of whom suffered minor injuries, police said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victim
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Of those, 94 fatalities are attributed to rainfall flooding.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
1 June 2025
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Nationally, water, both freshwater flooding and saltwater storm surge, has been responsible for 63% of the direct fatalities from hurricanes in the past decade, said Brennan.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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To that end, Russian attacks on such targets have been especially intense in the late fall and winter, as the cold weather sets in.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Indigenous tribes, too, were the targets of white supremacist violence, as well as forcible institutional assimilation, particularly for Indigenous children.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Noun
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But what's really cool is how the movie brings those story lines together in a narrative filled with intriguing twists, gnarly kills, heroic sacrifices and a slew of nifty new Predator designs.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Readers of my deals stories will know that the sacrifice for these freebies is historically poor trade-in valuations compared to U.S. pricing.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Here’s where damage and casualties could be the worst Big changes coming to Disneyland ‘Monsters, Inc.’ is out; ‘Avatar,’ ‘Coco,’ ‘Avengers’ are in.—
Karim Doumar,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The ward was struck by a Russian airstrike on March 9, 2022, causing significant destruction and civilian casualties.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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In late 2019, a telemarketing company in the Little Rock, Arkansas, area fell prey to a crippling ransomware attack.—
Harry Kazakian,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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The results also indicate that megalodon populations living in different habitats had slightly contrasting diets, potentially because of differing prey availability.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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“Victim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victim. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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