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.)
- Even if Japan surrendered, many POWs believed the guards would murder them anyway, out of vengeance or to prevent them from testifying in war crimes trials.p. 219.8
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2 —1 use as in:
with a vengeance
Definition
with intensity
- It was not so much due to the pain and suffering as it was the tension of stress and humiliation that caused me to hate with a vengeance.p. 281.2
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