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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
My fellow octogenarians and I are the last generation to have had immediate family members who were victims of the Holocaust.
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Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
This means victims of the Park, Franklin, Palisades and Eaton fires could be eligible for relief.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The term has been applied to other groups as well: Teachers, health care workers, government officials and public safety professionals may encounter mandates that threaten to compromise their values, witness morally repugnant behavior or become a victim of somebody else’s transgression.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
There was a young woman who dressed as a Boston Marathon bombing victim for Halloween.
—Kelsey McKinney, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
This means victims of the Park, Franklin, Palisades and Eaton fires could be eligible for relief.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The term has been applied to other groups as well: Teachers, health care workers, government officials and public safety professionals may encounter mandates that threaten to compromise their values, witness morally repugnant behavior or become a victim of somebody else’s transgression.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
There was a young woman who dressed as a Boston Marathon bombing victim for Halloween.
—Kelsey McKinney, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victim
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According to the 2020 Indiana Domestic Violence Fatality Review Report, the most recent report available, 72% — or 66 out of 91 — of the domestic violence fatalities for that year in Indiana were due to firearms.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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His death marks the second fatality in Department of Correction custody this year.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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The move to ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports is just one of the executive orders Trump has signed that target transgender people.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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That target is the deepest of any office in the agency.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Their sacrifices remind us that doing what is right is never in vain, even when the path forward is unclear.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, both sides have been reluctant to provide specific casualty figures.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
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No one was reported injured or killed, although the Russian military does not often disclose casualty figures.—
Kim Barker,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Bakker shared a number of graphs that showed that predator–prey ratios dropped over time.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Feb. 2025
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Medical debt has pushed families into desperate situations, with some turning to shoplifting over-the-counter medications for their children or falling prey to scams promising cheap but ineffective treatments.—
Tony Christiano,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Victim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victim. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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