All 10 Uses
vengeance
in
The Prairie, by Cooper
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- The struggle between thirst for vengeance and cupidity was severe but short.†
Chpt 5 *vengeance = the act of taking revenge
- He listened like one who doubted, not entirely convinced: and he muttered between his teeth the denunciation, with which a moment before he intended to precede the summary vengeance he had certainly meditated.†
Chpt 5
- Say on; but if you utter a single word more or less than the truth, expect instant vengeance!†
Chpt 15
- "But why should they meditate this vengeance?" demanded the Doctor, whose hair began to rise, as if each fibre was possessed of sensibility; "what evil have I done?"†
Chpt 21
- Weucha instantly abandoned his hold of the master in order to wreak his vengeance on the dog.†
Chpt 21
- the imps have circumvented us with a vengeance.†
Chpt 23 *with a vengeance = with intensity
- Mahtoree was distinctly visible, in the midst of his warriors, issuing his mandates and betraying his desire for vengeance, by occasionally shaking an arm in the direction of the fugitives; but no step was taken, which appeared to threaten any further act of immediate hostility.†
Chpt 24vengeance = the act of taking revenge
- To another, they enumerated his own scars, his disgraces, and defeats; with a third, they dwelt on his losses of skins and horses; and a fourth was reminded of vengeance by a significant question, concerning some flagrant adventure, in which he was known to have been a sufferer.†
Chpt 27
- That deeply seated love of vengeance, which formed so prominent a feature in their characters, was gratified by his metaphorical allusions, and the chief himself augured favourably of the success of his own schemes, by the number of supporters, who manifested themselves to be in favour of the counsels of his friend.†
Chpt 27
- His vengeance had been as complete as it was summary.†
Chpt 33
Definitions:
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(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)