Synonym: get even with, retaliate. Similar words: avenge, scavenge, revenue, prevent, vengeance, preventive, prevention, revenue officer. Meaning: [rɪ'vendʒ] 
n. action taken in return for an injury or offense. v. take revenge for a perceived wrong.
n. action taken in return for an injury or offense. v. take revenge for a perceived wrong. 181. The decision in 1949 to establish a court to enforce and interpret the Constitution was a historical act of revenge on Bismarck.
182. As for the Danuese battalion, the Sons of Death, as they called themselves, a few still had revenge on their minds.
183. Revenge leads to a self-perpetuating cycle of violence.
184. The survivor was determined to wreaked her revenge on the murderer of her family.
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