revenged; revenging
1
: to avenge (oneself or another) usually by retaliating in kind or degree
2
: to inflict injury in return for
revenge an insult
revenger
noun
1
: a desire for vengeance or retribution
motivated by revenge
2
: an act or instance of retaliating in order to get even
plotted her revenge
3
: an opportunity for getting satisfaction
sought revenge through a rematch
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Examples of revenge in a Sentence
Verb
a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother
Noun
She swore that she would have her revenge.
She wants revenge against her enemies.
The bombing was in revenge for the assassination of their leader.
The team is seeking revenge for the loss earlier in the season.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
With all the serious stuff filling the front page of newspapers from political purges to wacky policy pronouncements to revenge plots and damning investigations kept under seal — but enough about Matt Gaetz — Howard County is now providing a welcome distraction.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
On the campaign trail, Trump made no secret of his desire to seek revenge on those who prosecuted him or crossed him.
—Zeke Miller and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Verb
James is on a mission to destroy his enemy Peter and decides seducing his 20-year-old daughter, Wendy, is his ticket to revenge.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
With all the serious stuff filling the front page of newspapers from political purges to wacky policy pronouncements to revenge plots and damning investigations kept under seal — but enough about Matt Gaetz — Howard County is now providing a welcome distraction.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
Noun
At the time, many white nationalists in the 1970s and 1980s were disillusioned by the U.S. failure to win the Vietnam War and wanted to exact a kind of revenge.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
On the campaign trail, Trump made no secret of his desire to seek revenge on those who prosecuted him or crossed him.
—Zeke Miller and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Revenge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revenge. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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revenge
1 of 2 verb
re·venge
ri-ˈvenj 
revenged; revenging
1
: to get even for a wrong done
revenge myself on my enemies
2
: to give injury in return for
revenge an insult
revenger
noun
revenge
2 of 2 noun1
: a desire to pay back injury for injury
2
: an act or instance of revenging
3
: a chance for getting satisfaction
revengeful
adjective
-fəl
revengefully
adverb
-fə-lē
revengefulness
noun
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