as in revenge
the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury
sought vengeance after his sister was murdered
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But as menswear continues to get a little looser, a little wilder and even a little weirder, the pleated tux shirt is back with a vengeance.
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Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the second of Chan-wook’s vengeance trilogy finds Choi Min-sik as a drunkard who’s mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years, only to be unceremoniously released from captivity to discover what his past sins resulted in.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
Explorers subsequently disproved that judgment with a vengeance, and the world-is-flat theory was blasted to smithereens.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
As Freddy roars through the film with a vengeance, there's a whirlwind of artistic sequences.
—Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the second of Chan-wook’s vengeance trilogy finds Choi Min-sik as a drunkard who’s mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years, only to be unceremoniously released from captivity to discover what his past sins resulted in.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
Explorers subsequently disproved that judgment with a vengeance, and the world-is-flat theory was blasted to smithereens.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
As Freddy roars through the film with a vengeance, there's a whirlwind of artistic sequences.
—Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Vengeance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vengeance. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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