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revenge

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1. revenge - Noun

2. revenge - Verb

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To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.

To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

To take vengeance; -- with

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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He wants to avenge the murder of his brother Source: Internet

A brother of one of the girls killed the bear, so Artemis sent a plague in revenge. Source: Internet

A Clinton/Trump revenge rematch would be almost as interesting as a revenge game between Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Bucs and Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots. Source: Internet

According to Altena, a thousand years ago, a group of people who had survived a bloody war that cost numerous lives, formed a group called Les Soldats to protect the weak and take revenge on the world. Source: Internet

A British soldier encapsulated the soldiers' view of the defeat: "Such was the day for our regiment Dread the revenge we will take. Source: Internet

After bombing empty building in Iraq, the Iranian government has signaled that they’re content with that being the “revenge” for Soleimani’s death. Source: Internet

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