Vengeance - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈvendʒəns|  American pronunciation of the word vengeance
Brit.  |ˈven(d)ʒ(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word vengeance

noun

- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life (syn: payback, retribution)
For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge
he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him

Extra examples

The fire was set as an act of vengeance.

Angry protesters wanted to inflict vengeance on the killer.

For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge

This is tough love with a vengeance, but what a gruesome view of God's saints bereft of all empathy.

...a nocturnal visitant that must have been the shade of his late brother, crying out for vengeance against his murderers...

He had sated his vengeance.

He called down vengeance on them.

The music started up again with a vengeance.

He promised to wreak vengeance on those who had betrayed him.

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