2 meanings, 2 uses
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1 —1 use as in:
vengeance is mine
Definition
the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.)
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.)
- Goodwife Gruff had hated her ever since that first day on the Dolphin, and she would never rest now till she had her vengeance.p. 205.6
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2 —1 use as in:
with a vengeance
Definition
with intensity
- Out from behind the settle popped the robbers, and set upon him with a vengeance.p. 88.2
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