VICTORY

[noun] - (an example of) success in a game, competition, election, war, etc.a three-stroke victory (in golf) [C]a five-wicket victory (in cricket) [C]a straight-sets victory (in tennis) [C]The Redskins opened the season with a resounding/stunning/impressive 25-3 victory over Detroit. [C]King is expected to achieve/gain a comfortable/easy victory against Cooper in tomorrow's match. [C]The England team clinched a clear-cut/convincing/decisive victory over Sri Lanka yesterday. [C]Bobby Fischer won a historic victory in the 1972 world chess championship. [C]The socialists won a landslide victory in the election. [C]This result is a victory for democracy. [C]There is no doubt that the court's decision is a victory for common sense (= is very reasonable). [C]No one wants to see the terrorists score a propaganda victory. [C]When the votes were counted, the result was so close that neither candidate could claim victory. [U]Napoleon led his troops to victory in the Battle of Austerlitz. [U]They did not expect to secure victory so easily. [U]Plans have been made for an enormous victory parade in Washington when the troops start returning home.See also Pyrrhic victory.