Related Words for an eye for an eye

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retributive
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
poetic justice
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
revenge
x/
Noun
revengeful
x/x
Adjective
black eye
//
Name, Name
vengeance
/x
Noun
evil eye
/x/
Phrase, Noun
retribution
xx/x
Noun
glass eye
//
Phrase, Noun
payback
/x
Noun
eye socket
//x
Phrase, Noun
getting even
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
death penalty
//xx
Phrase, Noun
avenge
x/
Verb
snake eyes
//
Phrase, Noun
eyeball
/x
Noun
justice
/x
Noun
violence
/xx
Noun
electric eye
x/x/
Name, Name
capital punishment
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
eye contact
//x
Phrase, Noun
vindictive
x/x
Adjective
blood feud
//
Phrase, Noun
execution
xx/x
Noun
bloodshed
/x
Noun
righteousness
/xx
Noun
pay back
//
Phrase, Verb
unforgiving
xx/x
Adjective
punishing
/xx
Verb
blood sport
//
Phrase, Noun
vendetta
x/x
Noun
eye level
//x
Phrase, Noun
equal opportunity
/xxx/xx
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
follow through
/x/
Phrase, Verb
punishment
/xx
Noun
crucify
/xx
Verb
sacrifice
/xx
Noun
injustice
x/x
Noun
recompense
/xx
Noun
bloodthirsty
/xx
Adjective
eye chart
//
Phrase, Noun
eagle eye
/x/
Phrase, Noun
reciprocity
xx/xx
Noun
get even
//x
Phrase, Verb
enmity
/xx
Noun
blindness
/x
Noun
mercy killing
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
eyesight
/x
Noun
natural selection
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
reprisals
x/x
Noun
mortal enemy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
uncompromising
x/xxx
Adjective
inhumanity
xx/xx
Noun
consequences
/xxx
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
agreement
x/x
Noun
ain
/
Noun
ait
/
Noun
appointed
x/x
Adjective
appraise
x/
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
attentive
x/x
Adjective
auditory
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
binocular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
blindfold
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
blood
/
Noun, Verb
blurred
/
Adjective
blurry
/x
Adjective
boom
/
Noun, Verb
boot
/
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
breast
/
Noun, Verb
brow
/
Noun, Verb
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
canthus
xx
Noun
capsule
/x
Noun, Verb
care
/
Noun, Verb
careful
/x
Adjective
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
central artery of the retina
/x/xx/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
central city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
centre
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
civic center
/x/x
Name, Name
clouded
/x
Adjective
cloudy
/x
Adjective
conjunctiva
xx/x
Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
cornea
/xx
Noun
curtain
/x
Noun, Verb
dent
/
Noun, Verb
detective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
dimmed
/
Adjective
distanced
/x
Verb
ear
/
Noun, Verb
eves
/
Noun
eyelid
/x
Noun
eyepiece
/x
Noun
eyewear
/x
Noun
eyewitness
//x
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
flickering
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
foot
/
Noun, Verb
foreground
/x
Noun, Verb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gander
/x
Noun, Verb
gaze
/
Noun, Verb
glance
/
Noun, Verb
glasses
/x
Noun
glassy
/x
Adjective, Noun
glimpse
/
Noun, Verb
globe
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hanger
/x
Noun
headband
/x
Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
hole
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
horse
/
Noun, Verb
hub
/
Noun
inner city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
iris
/x
Noun, Verb
lash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lens
/
Noun, Verb
lid
/
Noun, Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
lightning
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
luck
/
Noun, Verb
luminous
/xx
Adjective
macroscopic
/x/x
Adjective
medical center
/xx/x
Name, Name
microscopic
xx/x
Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
midfield
/x
Noun
midstream
/x
Noun, Adverb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
monitor
/xx
Verb, Noun
needle
/x
Noun, Verb
night
/
Noun, Verb
nose
/
Noun, Verb
nostril
/x
Noun
nuts
/
Noun, Adjective
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
ocular
/xx
Noun, Adjective
ogle
/x
Name, Verb
oil
/
Noun, Verb
ophthalmic
x/x
Adjective
ophthalmology
xx/xx
Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
optic
/x
Adjective, Noun
orb
/
Noun, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
panoramic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
pebble
/x
Noun, Verb
peek
/
Noun, Verb
perspective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
predominate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
puckered
/x
Verb, Adjective
pupil
/x
Noun
quill
/
Noun, Verb
reg
/
Name
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
relation
x/x
Noun
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
retina
/xx
Noun
ring
/
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
scan
/
Noun, Verb
sclera
/x
Noun
scrutiny
/xx
Noun, Verb
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sight
/
Noun, Verb
slanted
/x
Adjective
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
smudged
/
Adjective
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
standpoint
/x
Noun
study
/x
Noun, Verb
supervision
xx/x
Noun
surge
/
Noun, Verb
surveillance
x/x
Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
telescopic
xx/x
Adjective
tooth
/
Noun, Verb
trough
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
viewpoint
/x
Noun
vigilance
/xx
Noun
vigilant
/xx
Adjective
vision
/x
Noun, Verb
vista
/x
Noun, Verb
visual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
walnuts
/x
Noun, Verb
watch
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
wink
/
Noun, Verb