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 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 .
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 In both cases, newcomers may only see a payback after many years.
2 In both cases, newcomers may see a payback only after many years.
3 The payback didn't come into it, but the playback we really wanted.
4 For larger plants the payback time is typically less than three years.
5 The payback probably would not be sufficient, Jefferies analyst Peter Nesvold said.
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 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.
6 Certain is the vengeance of the young upon monotony; nothing more certain.
7 Remember the punishments he inflicted on the Ammonites; his vengeance was appalling.
8 The Chian turned pale and trembled; his vengeance was braved and foiled.
9 Because I know how much vengeance and spite have taken from us.
10 All would be nothing without vengeance ; you appeal in vain to me.
11 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.
13 His vengeance is concealed, and sends the tidings in the fatal blow.
14 They now exulted in the near prospect of greatness and of vengeance .
15 We've more important matters to deal with than vengeance upon a toy.
16 The joys of vengeance were depicted on the features of the exciseman.
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