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- pronunciation:
- vIk
tihm
- phrases:
- fall victim to
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
someone who is harmed physically or emotionally by a person or group of people, or by circumstance.
The murder victim had been strangled.The orphans were innocent victims of war.- synonyms:
- butt, prey, target
- similar words:
- case, casualty, goat, martyr, object, patient, scapegoat, sufferer
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| definition 2: |
someone who is deceived or cheated.
He was a victim of a scheme to rob elderly people of their savings.- similar words:
- dupe, fool, mark, patsy, pawn, prey, pushover, quarry, sucker, target
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| definition 3: |
a living being that is killed and offered to a deity as part of religious practice or ceremony; sacrifice.
- synonyms:
- sacrifice
- similar words:
- martyr, offering
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| related words: |
case, casualty, mark, martyr, patient, prey |
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| phrase: |
fall victim to |
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