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revenge

Definition for revenge

noun as in retaliation for wrong, grievance

Strongest matches

attack, reprisal, retribution, vengeance

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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

verb as in retaliate for wrong, grievance

Strongest matches

avenge, get back at, vindicate

Strong matches

defend, fix, get, justify, match, punish, reciprocate, redress, repay, requite, retort, return, score, square

Weak matches

be out for blood, even the score, fight back, fix one's wagon, get even, give comeuppance, hit back, kick back, make reprisal, pay back, pay back in spades, pay off, return the compliment, settle up, settle with, stick it to, take an eye for an eye, turn the tables on, venge

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Hateful messages promising revenge were spray painted in Hebrew on the outside of the building, the photographs showed.

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Vendettas spawn successions of revenge murders, with killers sometimes as young as 15.

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Bondi, though, remains determined to follow the president’s orders for revenge.

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He also said the complainant had raised concerns out of "revenge" following her dismissal from Laura Anne Jones' employment.

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They cooked up a plan to seek revenge upon the rating agencies, for instance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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