decisive victory

collocation in English

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decisive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/us
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/
able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing ...
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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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Decisivevictoryon this terrain is hard to win.
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These payoffs account for the defender's rent and the probability ofdecisivevictoryby one or the other party.
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With the objective of adecisivevictorywithin two years, these tactics turned the tide of the war and may have indeed worked.
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The battle can lead to adecisivevictoryfor one or the other party, who then takes over the entire asset.
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The 1945 election was adecisivevictory; the referendum will be adecisivevictory.
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They will enable us to win adecisivevictory.
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They have been told that unless the war is fought to adecisivevictorythey will have to fight it over again in the future.
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Therefore, there is no room for complacency because we have won our first greatdecisivevictoryof the war.
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These enormous figures offer some measure of our own responsibilities if we are to windecisivevictorywithin a reasonable time.
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Let us make the best assessment that we can of the outcome of the war—a quick anddecisivevictory.
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They say that adecisivevictorycannot be achieved unless they have a large and great army in the field.
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Thedecisivevictoryhas eluded him.
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He won adecisivevictoryin what was a very large-scale battle.
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The war continued through summer but ended with nodecisivevictoryfor either side.
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Both delays meant that there was less time to win adecisivevictorybefore night fell.
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But these tactics could bring neither side adecisivevictory.
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Until adecisivevictoryis achieved, conflict over the competing objectives will continue.
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Theoderic personally led his troops in battle, and achieved adecisivevictory.
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Despite the tactical victories won, they failed to achieve adecisivevictory.
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He was much criticized in the navy for his failure to win a moredecisivevictory.
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