VICTIMS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

victims

noun

plural of victim

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 During a meeting with French bishops on Sunday morning, Leo praised their response to victims and urged them to continue. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026 South African police said Monday that another body of a woman was discovered in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, bringing the total number of female victims recently found in the area to 11. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Some of the victims went missing on their routine jogs, others just went about their work. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026 The Silverton cemetery contains the remains of more than a hundred avalanche victims. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 January wildfire victims complained of long delays in getting their claims paid. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Several victims were taken to a hospital in private vehicles. — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 The studies with these conclusions have not held up over time and may be victims of publication bias. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026 Once a case enters the criminal justice system, control shifts almost entirely to state or federal officials, often leaving victims feeling sidelined. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The sport could no longer pretend that fatalities were random acts of God rather than the predictable output of a system not designed carefully enough.

— Jessica Vitiritti, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The proper accounting of military fatalities has implications beyond public transparency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of fatalities

Noun

Users will be able to request information on security officers, informants or recruitment targets based on their name, date or place of birth, mother's name, code name and document type or number.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Roche stopped work on one of its obesity drug candidates, after clinical-trial data suggested the medicine did not hit internal targets, The Wall Street Journal tells us.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of targets

Noun

For Varjao, to come from another country and open this shop is her way of honoring the sacrifices her family made for her, while also setting up a future for her own children.

— Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Every fall, millions of American parents and caregivers make extraordinary sacrifices to send a child to college.

— Suresh Garimella, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of sacrifices

Noun

The congregants did not know that a man police say was driven by hatred had allegedly arrived with weapons and the capacity to cause mass casualties.

— Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Three gang members died in the operation, the force reported, and there were no casualties among force members.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of casualties

Noun

Can consumers participate online without falling prey to scammers?

— Jon M. Huntsman, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
The Project’s ranks now include about 80 fishermen manning 15 boats who also support the tagging and research of their erstwhile prey (their work has led to the recent world-first tagging of 10 tiger sharks in Indonesian waters).

— Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of prey

Noun

Experts say the companies’ push for caution may bolster their political influence and appeal to investors ahead of potential public offerings.

— Garance Burke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Hyatt Regency Aruba rounds out its culinary offerings with a juice bar and pizza truck on the beach, a breakfast buffet, an outdoor café, and a pier serving cocktails and light snacks.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

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