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they said terribly vicious things to one another. 3 savage,
wild, untamed, ferocious, fearful, brutal, fierce, fiendish,
bestial, feral, brutish, ravening, Literary fell: The local
children were terrified of his vicious Rottweiler.
vicissitude
n. 1 change, mutation, alteration, changeability, mutability,
variation, variability, variety, alternation, flux, fluctuation,
unpredictability: Who seeks stability in life often encounters
its vicissitude. 2 vicissitudes. fluctuations, changes,
variations, contrasts, inconstancy, unpredictability,
uncertainties, Colloq ups and downs, flukiness: His success is
amazing in light of the vicissitudes he survived.
victim n. 1 sufferer, martyr, casualty, scapegoat, sacrificial lamb,
injured party: It is a pity that you had to be the victim of
her greed. 2 dupe, gull, fool, butt, fair game, Colloq chump,
fall guy, Slang sucker, sap, Chiefly US and Canadian patsy, US
schnook, schlemiel or schlemihl or shlemiel: She was an easy
victim for any confidence man.
victimize v. 1 prey on, pursue, go after, pick on, bully, take advantage
of, persecute, exploit, use: Increasingly, older people are
being victimized by unscrupulous relatives. 2 cheat, swindle,
bilk, defraud, dupe, hoodwink, deceive, gull, fool, trick,
outwit, outsmart, outfox, Colloq snooker, flimflam, Slang suck
or sucker in, screw, shaft, take (in), rook: The confidence
team used the old Spanish handkerchief trick to victimize
unsuspecting tourists.
victor n. winner, champion, conqueror, prizewinner: They came home
unchallenged victors by an overwhelming 11 point margin.
victorious
adj. triumphant, successful: Caesar was victorious over the
Gauls.
victory n. triumph, conquest, supremacy, superiority, success,
overcoming, mastery, winning, quelling, crushing: Alexander's
victory over Darius at Arbela was one of the decisive battles of
history.
vie v. compete, contend, struggle, strive: The brothers constantly