total victory
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftotalandvictory
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total
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.təl/us/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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victory
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈvɪk.tər.i/us/ˈvɪk.tɚ.i/
an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you ...
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(Definition oftotalandvictoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Under such circumstances escalation in the quest for an unobtainabletotalvictoryis a natural recourse.
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Well, its fate would be decided in the next 100 hours by a versatile rival intent on winning thetotalvictorythat appeared within his grasp.
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In those circumstances it was impossible for one section of that community to achievetotalvictory.
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Do they want to claimtotalvictoryover those whom they regard as their opponents?
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Twenty years later we had relaxed in the comfort of ourtotalvictory.
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They want, and think they can have,totalvictory.
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I believe the only way we can gettotalvictoryis by total war.
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It is a warning that we may mistake military victory fortotalvictory.
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This is a help but it is by no means atotalvictory.
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There needs to be a national war on unemployment and our objective must betotalvictory.
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I do not think these are quite the results some of us hoped for whentotalvictorywas announced in 1945.
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The majority cannot claimtotalvictoryover the minority and the minority cannot claimtotalvictoryover the majority.
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It must be waged fortotalvictory.
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The first condition is that there should betotalvictory, victory complete, victory unmistakable, victory upon which there can be no going back.
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Some are total all-out wars fought on either side fortotalvictoryand for the unconditional surrender of the enemy.
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In other words, there can be no attempt to bring the war to a close before its end intotalvictory.
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For three centuries the minority and the majority have been standing in eyeball to eyeball confrontation, both of them claimingtotalvictoryand saying that they would accept nothing less.
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It looked as though we had a demand fortotalvictoryon the one side and unconditional surrender on the other.
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She achievedtotalvictoryin the 4th, 5th, and 6th competitions.
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I hope that you can make grander plans to secure atotalvictory.
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