revenge

[US]/rɪˈvendʒ/
[UK]/rɪˈvendʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. retaliation; vengeance
vt. to retaliate; to seek revenge for someone
vi. to seek revenge; to vindicate oneself

Phrases & Collocations

seek revenge

have one's revenge

revenge for

take revenge

take revenge on

Example Sentences

it was revenge, pure and simple.

I'll revenge that insult.

swore to get revenge;

the urge for revenge was too elemental to be ignored.

Both homostasis revenge and widened revenge are the recur-rance of tragedies in the process of developing human revenge consciousness.

The attack was in revenge for the deaths of two loyalist prisoners.

I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you.

it's a pity he chose that way to revenge his sister.

he got his revenge now in spades.

He’d got his revenge now, and in spades.

Hamlet revenged his dead father.

the ageless themes of love and revenge;

He revenged his dead brother.

the album is intriguingly titled “The Revenge Of The Goldfish”.

Zimbabwe snatched the game 18–16, but the Spanish had their revenge later.

Revenge may recoil upon the person who takes it.

He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season’s Final.

a frustrated woman bent on exacting a cruel revenge for his rejection.

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