Both Uses
vengeance
in
The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis
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- The season had begun with an act of vengeance; it ended with that act of mercy.†
p. 165.2 *vengeance = the act of taking revenge
- He wasn't going to sleep tonight anyway; now he wasn't going to sleep with a vengeance.
p. 238.9 *with a vengeance = with intensity (for sure)
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)