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revenge
noun as in retaliation for wrong, grievance
Strongest matches
Strong matches
animus, avenging, counterblow, counterinsurgency, counterplay, fight, malevolence, rancor, repayment, requital, return, ruthlessness, satisfaction, sortie, spitefulness, vengefulness, vindictiveness
Weak matches
avengment, eye for an eye, getting even, ill will, implacability, measure for measure, tit for tat
Example Sentences
One man, who is now too afraid to leave home following a catapult attack, spoke to the BBC anonymously because he fears revenge attacks.
Regardless, Robbie is aware that this whole terrible mess is the product of his darkest fantasies about revenge.
The president of the United States is waging a fake war against imaginary enemies in revenge for something that didn’t happen.
When Gali, toward the end, links Israel’s failures that day to a subsequent response that smacks of “revenge,” the movie feels close to addressing the unspoken.
This time the story follows Atsu, a female warrior on a quest to exact revenge against the Yōtei Six - a group of warlords responsible for her family's murder.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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