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victory
noun [C or U] /ˈvɪk.tər.i/
/-tɚ-/ Definition
B2 an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you have won: The Redskins opened the season by scoring a resounding/stunning/impressive 25–3 victory against/over Detroit. Grant won/achieved/gained a comfortable/easy victory against/over Cooper in yesterday's match. This result is a triumphant victory for democracy. → See also Pyrrhic victory → Opposite defeat nounWinning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport
(Definition of victory noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- annihilate verb
- bank verb (MONEY)
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- hammering noun (DEFEAT)
- move/go in for the kill idiom
- near thing noun
- outclass verb
- outmanoeuvre verb
- outpace verb
- rout noun
- rout verb
- triumphal adjective
- triumphalism noun
- triumphant adjective
- trounce verb
- trouncing noun
- trouser verb
- vanquish verb
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