as in revenge
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
sought vengeance after his sister was murdered
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However, Ayub stole Doron’s gun and shot Omar in the back, killing him out of vengeance for his betrayal.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
In the sequel, as Ellie and Abby, the player has to murder innocent people either in self-defense or (much more disturbingly and frequently) to serve an unquenchable quest for vengeance.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
With few options left, Adam begins considering and concocting ways to enact vengeance, but Basem, having been down that rageful path, advises him otherwise.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
That purpose comes in the form of Walton Goggins’s Rick, who is weighed down by a lifetime of trauma and a hardened certainty that vengeance is his only path to peace.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
In the sequel, as Ellie and Abby, the player has to murder innocent people either in self-defense or (much more disturbingly and frequently) to serve an unquenchable quest for vengeance.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
With few options left, Adam begins considering and concocting ways to enact vengeance, but Basem, having been down that rageful path, advises him otherwise.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
That purpose comes in the form of Walton Goggins’s Rick, who is weighed down by a lifetime of trauma and a hardened certainty that vengeance is his only path to peace.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vengeance
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“Vengeance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vengeance. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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