REVENGE


Meaning of REVENGE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ sweet

This was sweet ~ for our defeat earlier in the season.

Revenge is sweet, so they say.

VERB + REVENGE

▪ seek , want

▪ plot

For ten years he has been plotting his ~.

▪ vow

▪ exact , get , have , take , wreak

He vowed to take his ~ on the man who had killed his brother.

REVENGE + NOUN

▪ attack , killing

▪ fantasy

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

The attack was in ~ for the deaths of two prisoners.

▪ ~ for

~ for the insult

▪ ~ on

She desperately wanted to take ~ on her attacker.

PHRASES

▪ an act of ~

The bombing was an act of ~ for the shooting of two young boys.

▪ a desire for ~

The accusations were driven by a desire for ~.

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