Action taken to respond to an insult, injury or other wrong by trying to harm its perpetrator.
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Examples for "revenge "
Examples for "revenge "
1 Ten years roll by, and Butler's revenge - minded victim is ready for action.
2 The sole business of Lovat was personal aggrandizement; revenge was his amusement.
3 Bitterly mourned the king in spite of the richness of his revenge .
4 This was in truth the revenge of the feudal system upon Pharaoh.
5 They take revenge for our sensuality; they catch us in their nets.
1 Photograph: HBO Far more effective, then, to try a bit of vengeance .
2 Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance .
3 The government said on Tuesday it had no desire for extra-judicial vengeance .
4 Mercy and vengeance are in the balance, and Molly holds the scales.
5 Crime prevailed; cupidity and vengeance were the guiding principles of the chieftains.
1 The days when the reports arrived became days of retribution for Paulo.
2 Another source of fear: retribution for being anything less than perfectly available.
3 Law enforcement agencies and political figureheads slammed the lawlessness and promised retribution .
4 The movie also shines a light on animal abuse, and karmic retribution .
5 Tell us that this isn't retribution for what happened in New Delhi.
1 Large blasts sometimes set off reprisal attacks against the minority Sunni community.
2 Then I presume this confiscation is in the nature of a reprisal .
3 I was glad to oblige, relieved to be momentarily free of reprisal .
4 Now was not the time for petty acts of reprisal , he thought.
5 His hosts, therefore, remained ignorant of the cause of this terrible reprisal .
1 Yet threats of retaliation underscore the weak legal case of opposed countries.
2 So far India has focused on retaliation by economic and diplomatic means.
3 Officials believe the attack could have been retaliation for police counternarcotics operations.
4 The family refused to reveal their family name for fear of retaliation .
5 Hardly to the point of war, but possibly to that of retaliation .
6 The statement led the United States to threaten Baghdad with military retaliation .
7 He said there was concern a lack of details could prompt retaliation .
8 Trump's comments appeared to increase the stakes for potential retaliation by China.
9 The imposition of trade barriers usually results in retaliation from other nations.
10 Were I to attack, the consequences could be grave, and retaliation immediate.
11 If it provokes swift retaliation , the gamble may fail with tragic consequences.
12 One retaliation leads to a counterretaliation, which leads to another, ad infinitum.
13 Within days, the international angst transfers from the provocation to the retaliation .
14 The forbidden month for the forbidden month, and forbidden things in retaliation .
15 Hence there arose in his breast a very natural desire for retaliation .
16 They don't want to feel retaliation of losing their job, Leroy added.
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