No. 3,013 in Russian
жертвами
"Victims" or "sacrifices" (instrumental plural of "жертва").
In a sentence
Многие люди становятся жертвами мошенников.
Many people fall victims to fraudsters.
The word 'жертвами' refers to 'victims' in the instrumental plural, indicating those experiencing the fraud.
В результате шторма деревья стали жертвами непогоды.
As a result of the storm, the trees became victims of the bad weather.
'Жертвами' here describes the affected entities, the trees, indicating they were harmed by the circumstances.
Для достижения общей цели мы не должны стать жертвами собственных амбиций.
To achieve a common goal, we should not become victims of our own ambitions.
The term 'жертвами' indicates a metaphorical sense of falling prey to something, in this case, ambitions.
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