victory

victory
n.

1) to achieve, gain, pull off (colloq.), score, win a victory

2) a clear, clear-cut, decisive, outright, resounding, stunning; upset victory

3) a bloodless; cheap; glorious; hard-won; hollow; moral; Pyrrhic; signal; sweeping victory

4) a victory in; over (a victory in a struggle; a victory over an enemy)

5) (misc.) to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

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['vɪkt(ə)rɪ]
Pyrrhic
clear-cut
decisive
hard-won
outright
resounding
stunning
sweeping victory
upset victory
win a victory
over (a victory in a struggle; a victory over an enemy)
pull off (colloq.)
(misc.) to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
a bloodless
a clear
a victory in
to achieve

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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