Both Uses of
vengeance
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- 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 *vengeance = the act of taking revenge
- 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. 281.1 *with a vengeance = with intensity
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