i am a victim of circumstance

  • 1Victim of Circumstance — Infobox Album Name = Victim of Circumstance Type = Album Artist = Public Disturbance Released = 1998 Recorded = Genre = Hardcore punk Length = Label = Days Of Fury Producer = Reviews = Last album = Who s First (demo) (1997) This album = Victim of …

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  • 2circumstance — ► NOUN 1) a fact or condition connected with an event or action. 2) unforeseen events outside one s control: a victim of circumstance. 3) (circumstances) one s state of financial or material welfare. ● under (or in) the circumstances Cf. ↑under… …

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  • 3victim — vic|tim W2S2 [ˈvıktım] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: victima person or animal killed as a religious offering ] 1.) someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered ▪ The victim received head injuries from which she died a week later.… …

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  • 4circumstance — noun 1 (usually circumstances) facts/events that affect sth ADJECTIVE ▪ favourable/favorable ▪ The plan might work better with more favourable/favorable circumstances. ▪ adverse, difficult, dire, tra …

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  • 5circumstance */*/*/ — UK [ˈsɜː(r)kəmstəns] / US [ˈsɜrkəmstəns] noun Word forms circumstance : singular circumstance plural circumstances 1) [countable, usually plural] a fact or condition that affects a situation The circumstances surrounding the child s death are… …

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  • 6circumstance — cir|cum|stance [ sɜrkəmstəns ] noun *** 1. ) count usually plural the facts or conditions that affect a situation: The circumstances surrounding the child s death are being investigated. The circumstances of this case are unusual.… …

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  • 7circumstance — noun 1 circumstances (plural) the conditions that affect a situation, action, event etc: The rules can only be waived in exceptional circumstances. | in suspicious circumstances (=in a way that makes you think something illegal or dishonest has… …

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  • 8circumstance — cir|cum|stance W1S1 [ˈsə:kəmstæns, stəns US ˈsə:r ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin circumstantia, from circumstare to stand around , from circum ( CIRCUM ) + stare to stand ] 1.) [C usually plural] the conditions that affect a… …

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  • 9victim — [vik′təm] n. [L victima, victim, beast for sacrifice < IE base * weik , to separate > OE wig, idol, wicce,WITCH] 1. a person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite 2. someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, or …

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  • 10circumstance — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstant , circumstans, present participle of circumstare to stand around, from circum + stare to stand more at stand Date: 13th century 1. a. a condition, fact …

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