VICTIMS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

victims

noun

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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 Employing a cast of non-professional locals, the film playfully interrogates the brutal but bungled occupation while also allowing its actors — many of whom are descendants of the fascists’ victims — to reinterpret and reclaim a chapter in their city’s past. —

Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026 Kyiv officials announced a day of mourning on Friday to honor the victims, with national flags at half-mast across the city of three million people. —

Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026 The families of three of the victims sued the Cuban government and the Cuban Air Force in a wrongful-death lawsuit in October 1996, and won $187 million in damages in a landmark case. —

Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026 In addition to Montefalcone, an associate professor at the University of Genoa, and her daughter, a biomedical engineering student, the school identified the victims as research fellow Muriel Oddenino and recent graduate Federico Gualtieri. —

Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 Three of the victims were Mexican, and at least two others, including a 14-year-old, were Honduran. —

Mariana Alfaro, Washington Post, 14 May 2026 The check was requested by a relative after friends and family had not heard from the victims, officials said. —

Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 Police did not say whether the other two victims were bystanders. —

William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 Investigators said that North Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to the scene and took the victims to a local hospital for treatment, and one of them was later pronounced dead. —

Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 8 May 2026

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Drowning is the cause of death in 76% of boating fatalities, and most of those victims were not wearing one.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Since October, the country has witnessed over 700 fatalities and more than 18,500 infections, although cases and deaths have shown signs of slowing since their peak in January.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026