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Definition of "revenge" []
- To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult). (verb-transitive)
- To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge. (verb-transitive)
- The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation. (noun)
- Something done in vengeance; a retaliatory measure. (noun)
- A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness. (noun)
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Use "revenge" in a sentence
- "-- Let us revenge this with our pikes, ere we become rakes: for the gods know, I speak this in _hunger_ for bread, and not in _thirst_ for _revenge_."
- "Im really excited but if the big thing is devastater and the main bad guy is megatron why is the title revenge of the fallen knowing that the fallen is a transformer"
- "Roadsigns are spray-painted with the Hebrew word "revenge.""