Focus and Victim

Focus

Focus noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.

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Victim and focus are semantically related In some cases you can use "Victim" instead a noun "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Victim noun - A person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed.

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Focus and victim are semantically related in target topic. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a noun "Victim".

good	good focus	good victim
particular	particular focus	particular victim
typical	typical focus	typical victim
usual	usual focus	usual victim
Other adjectives: original, initial, single, prominent, actual, real, constant, big, huge, main, new, major, frequent, biggest.

Cold Case also has a victim of the week, but tends to focus on them much more than other shows of its genre.

Source: Victim of the Week
Many BIONICLE characters fell victim to this phenomenon, as the story always had to focus on those guys that kids could buy.

Source: Out of Focus
The real point of the story isn't "the victim was attacked" but "look how protective/self-loathing/angsty/loving the victim's friend is." The scenario is set up for the friend to get Character Focus.

Source: Collateral Angst aka: Collateral Damage

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