as in retaliation
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
both sides were determined to get revenge for perceived wrongs and showed little interest in ending the feud
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as in to avenge
to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for
a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother
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Recent Examples of revenge
Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The show can be exceedingly gory — there’s a scene of exacting, exhausted revenge that comes at the hands of a rare woman warrior — but I was taken with some of the more theatrical details around these moments of violence, including the exchange of insults that precede the final battle.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Cady Stanton: Pivoting more to the international tax side here — section 899, also referred to as the revenge tax, made a lot of news when it was included in the House bill, and subsequently removed following the announcement about this agreement between the United States and other G7 countries.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The Sky Clubs were no match for the burst of revenge travelers.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 July 2025
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Noun
Cristin Milioti is revelatory as Sofia Falcone, just released from Arkham and out for revenge.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The show can be exceedingly gory — there’s a scene of exacting, exhausted revenge that comes at the hands of a rare woman warrior — but I was taken with some of the more theatrical details around these moments of violence, including the exchange of insults that precede the final battle.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Cady Stanton: Pivoting more to the international tax side here — section 899, also referred to as the revenge tax, made a lot of news when it was included in the House bill, and subsequently removed following the announcement about this agreement between the United States and other G7 countries.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The Sky Clubs were no match for the burst of revenge travelers.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revenge
Verb
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The loss for the team became a little less meaningful considering Sandro Wagner's side avenged its loss to Essen on the same day.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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So Stevie sets out to avenge Sam's death and teams up with Ray, her boss and mentor, who uses the 1997 murders as a playbook.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Some have theorized that the disappearance was an extreme publicity stunt to promote Christie’s work, or an act of retribution against her husband.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
24 July 2025
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Some fear the move could become a tool for political retribution, taking aim at groups serving immigrants and transgender youth.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The twin exigencies of vengeance and regime survival may sustain Tehran’s violent and destabilizing impulses at home and across the region and extinguish any residual uncertainty about the merits of a nuclear deterrent.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Aug. 2025
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Wagner Moura was also deservedly honored as Best Actor at the festival for his magnetic performance as a widowed former university researcher whose life has been violently upended by the greed and vengeance of a government bureaucrat.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Revenge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revenge. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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