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Meanings of vengeance in anglès
Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator.
Usage of vengeance in anglès
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Photograph: HBO Far more effective, then, to try a bit of vengeance.
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Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance.
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The government said on Tuesday it had no desire for extra-judicial vengeance.
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Mercy and vengeance are in the balance, and Molly holds the scales.
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Crime prevailed; cupidity and vengeance were the guiding principles of the chieftains.
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Certain is the vengeance of the young upon monotony; nothing more certain.
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Remember the punishments he inflicted on the Ammonites; his vengeance was appalling.
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The Chian turned pale and trembled; his vengeance was braved and foiled.
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Because I know how much vengeance and spite have taken from us.
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All would be nothing without vengeance; you appeal in vain to me.
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Not for personal vengeance but for the ultimate good of the community.
12
A thousand steps to vengeance, or ten thousand, it does not matter.
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His vengeance is concealed, and sends the tidings in the fatal blow.
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They now exulted in the near prospect of greatness and of vengeance.
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We've more important matters to deal with than vengeance upon a toy.
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The joys of vengeance were depicted on the features of the exciseman.
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Vengeance across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common