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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 ambulance service identified five of the dead victims as a 50-year-old man, a woman in her 50s and three men in their 30s.
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Bradford Betz , Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
One of the victims, 51-year-old Miguel Angel King, met with Prowell on July 20, 2021, after connecting with the suspect on the dating app, according to prosecutors.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Fraudsters are good at leveraging the characteristics of their victims, Lazarus says.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Police had responded to shots fired at about 8:20 p.m. but didn’t find any victims at the scene.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
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Bradford Betz , Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
One of the victims, 51-year-old Miguel Angel King, met with Prowell on July 20, 2021, after connecting with the suspect on the dating app, according to prosecutors.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Fraudsters are good at leveraging the characteristics of their victims, Lazarus says.
—Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Police had responded to shots fired at about 8:20 p.m. but didn’t find any victims at the scene.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victim
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Southern Kherson province recorded two fatalities and six wounded.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The attack marked the fourth fatality of its kind in the continent's waters this year and the first of its kind in the city since 2022, according to data from Sydney's Taronga Zoo and the Australian Shark-Incident Database.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Over the last three years both Teck and Anglo have been takeover targets for their mining rivals, Australia’s BHP and Swiss-based Glencore.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The signatories — which included the likes of EV manufacturers Volvo and Polestar, as well as material suppliers, battery manufacturers and grid operators — said the introduction of the target had already triggered hundreds of billions of euros in new investment.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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In some societies, chickens are symbols of fertility and sacrifice; in others, they’re even considered divine.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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My own experience, and my wife’s sacrifice, gave me empathy for those with financial struggles.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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A number of foreign nationals are also among the casualties and injured, local officials said.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Russia needs men, and North Korea is possibly the only country that can afford in a political sense to send its own people to fight in a war that has been marked by an enormously high casualty rate on the Russian side.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Tug-of-war also channels a dog’s natural instincts of capturing prey, keeping them engaged.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Each individual polyp is equipped with a mouth that is surrounded by tentacles that can protect itself or pull prey into their mouths, NOAA says.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Victim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victim. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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