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vengeance

noun [U] uk   /ˈven.dʒəns/ us  
› the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the wish for such punishment to happen: On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town was one of vengeance. As he cradled his daughter's lifeless body in his arms, he swore (to take) vengeance on her killers.
Idioms
with a vengeance
Translations of “vengeance”
in Spanish venganza…
in French vengeance…
in German die Rache…
in Chinese (Traditional) 報仇，復仇，報復, 復仇心…
in Russian месть, возмездие…
in Turkish öç, intikam, hırs…
in Chinese (Simplified) 报仇，复仇，抱复, 复仇心…
in Polish zemsta…
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