NOUN | act | revenge, retaliation | action taken in return for an injury or offense |
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VERB | competition | revenge, avenge, retaliate | take revenge for a perceived wrong |
Sounds | riyveh'njh | |
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Rhymes | avenge ... Stonehenge: 3 rhymes with ehnjh... |
Meaning | action taken in return for an injury or offense. | |
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Synonym | retaliation | |
Narrower | reprisal | A retaliatory action against an enemy / enemy in wartime |
vengeance, retribution, payback | The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | |
Broader | return, paying back, getting even | A reciprocal group action |
Spanish | desquite, represalia, revancha, venganza | |
Catalan | represàlia, revenja, venjament, venja, venjança | |
Verbs | revenge | take revenge for a perceived wrong |
Meaning | Take revenge for a perceived wrong. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | avenge, retaliate | |
Narrower | get even, get back | Take revenge or even out a score |
Broader | punish, penalize, penalise | impose a penalty on |
Spanish | desquitarse, retaliar, vengarse, vengar | |
Catalan | revenjar-se, venjar | |
Nouns | revenge | action taken in return for an injury or offense |
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