vengeances

noun

plural of vengeance
as in revenges
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury sought vengeance after his sister was murdered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengeances
  1. retaliations
  2. retributions
Noun
  • The new president has vowed a crackdown, which Guzmán warns could lead to retaliations that target critical infrastructure.
    — Eugenia Perozo, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Over the past year, countries rushed to secure piecemeal deals; some allowed panic to overtake them; very few coordinated their actions or retaliations.
    — Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of retaliations
Noun
  • Later, in 1711, the colony passed a legislative act to make reparations to the victims, including restoring the good names of the accused and paying financial retributions to the families of the accused.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • What starts as a petty territorial conflict mutates into a spiralling cycle of retributions, escalating from passive-aggressive jabs to acts of destruction and ruin.
    — Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of retributions
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