n
A victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished.
n
A person expected to succeed and bring prestige to their native group.
n
(sometimes proscribed) Pyrrhic victory (an empty victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost to achieve it)
v
(now historical, intransitive) To celebrate a victory in a boisterous manner.
n
An apparent defeat that is in some important sense a real victory.
n
A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
n
A monumental arch that commemorates a victory.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting triumphalism
adv
In a triumphalistic manner.
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(historical, Roman antiquity) One who was honoured with a triumph; a victor.
adv
With triumph or exultation.
n
An ancient Greek or Roman monument set up to commemorate a victory over foes, and typically shaped like a tree, sometimes with a pair of arm-like branches.
adj
Exhibited as a trophy of victory in war.
n
(historical) A monument erected (originally on the field of battle) by the prevailing army (without Senatical grant — contrast triumph) to commemorate victory in war, featuring spoils taken from the enemy (especially the personal arms of the vanquished general), and dedicated to an appropriate god (such as Mars).
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(poetic) Alternative form of victory [(uncountable) The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.]
n
The winner in a fight or contest.
adj
Of or expressing a sense of victory or triumph.
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(uncountable, Roman mythology) Synonym of Victoria (“the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike”); also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman.
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