All 4 Uses

vengeance
in
Lord Jim
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The howl pursued me like a vengeance.†
Chpt 5 *

vengeance = the act of taking revenge
In this assault upon his fortitude there was the jeering intention of a spiteful and vile vengeance; there was an element of burlesque in his ordeal—a degradation of funny grimaces in the approach of death or dishonour.†
Chpt 9
I could make him a solemn promise that it would be shut behind him with a vengeance.†
Chpt 22 *

with a vengeance = with intensity
Were these preparations for war, or for vengeance, or to repulse a threatened invasion?†
Chpt 45

vengeance = the act of taking revenge

Definitions:

(1) (vengeance as in: vengeance is mine)
the act of taking revenge

(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.)
(2) (with a vengeance as in: with a vengeance)
with intensity
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)