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- pronunciation:
- ven
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 ns
- phrases:
- with a vengeance
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
injury or damage done to a person in return for injury or damage inflicted by him or her; retribution; revenge.
He threatened vengeance on the men who shot his father.- synonyms:
- reprisal, retaliation, revenge
- similar words:
- nemesis, retribution, tit for tat, wrath
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| definition 2: |
the desire or motive for such retribution or revenge.
These acts of violence were done purely out of vengeance.Their vengeance grew stronger as they came together to plot retaliation.- synonyms:
- revenge, vindictiveness
- similar words:
- malevolence, malice, spite
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| phrase: |
with a vengeance |
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