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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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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of revenge (Entry 2 of 2)
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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“Revenge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revenge. Accessed 2 Mar. 2021.
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