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Meaning of revenge in English
(Definition of revenge from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
revenge | Intermediate English
Examples of revenge
revenge
And what he's got on his mind isn't all that hard to figure out: revenge.
From Hollywood Reporter
And for us, that has to be the best revenge, or the best reward.
From Los Angeles Times
They're essentially saying that he waited all these years and then took out his revenge.
From NOLA.com
This is not about justice, this is about revenge.
From Los Angeles Times
He set out for revenge against the strange marriage.
From New York Daily News
It -- he -- is the most visceral effect in the movie, revenge served warm.
From TIME
The natural reaction of a leader is to seek revenge.
From New York Daily News
Sin, like love, is freedom for her but also a form of revenge which keeps her from being free.
From Slate Magazine
I'm not going to spend half of my life on revenge.
From NPR
And when he is ambushed out in the country, left for dead, and feels forced to seek revenge, she's the only one on his side.
From Hollywood Reporter
The segment feels like fantasy revenge for the school staff who must toil in endless, time-frozen agony on this show.
From A.V. Club
There was incredible triumph, epic failure, corporate betrayal and revenge served cold.
From VentureBeat
But to be locked up for years, then banished from family and "homeland," amounts to a double dose of revenge -- or worse.
From Huffington Post
But forced transparency goes beyond revenge by disgruntled employees.
From Huffington Post
Buying drugstore stocks may be the best revenge -- and most profitable.
From CNBC
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बदला…
復讐, 仕返し, 報復…
öç, intikam, kan davası…
vengeance [feminine], vengeance, pour se venger de…
venjança…
wraak, wraak nemen op, zich wreken op…
ஒருவருக்கு செய்த தீங்கு அவர்கள் வேறொருவருக்கு செய்த தீங்குக்கான தண்டனையாக…
प्रतिशोध लेना / बदला लेना…
બદલો લો…
hævn, hævntørst, hævne…
hämnd, hämndlystnad, hämnas på…
membalas kejahatan, keinginan untuk merosakkan, membalas dendam…
die Rache, die Rachsucht, sich rächen…
hevn [masculine], hevn, hevnlyst…
بدلہ, انتقام…
помста, відплата, мстити…
месть…
ప్రతీకారం/ వేరెవరికైనా హాని చేసినందుకు శిక్షగా ఎవరికైనా హాని చేయడం…
اِنْتِقام…
প্রতিশোধ…
pomsta, pomstít (se)…
pembalasan, keinginan membalas, membalas…
การแก้แค้น, ความพยาบาท, แก้แค้น…
sự trả thù, mối thù hằn, trả thù…
zemsta, zemścić się, pomścić…
복수…
vendetta, vendicarsi (di)…
