REVENGE


Meaning of REVENGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪvendʒ ]

( revenges, revenging, revenged)

1.

Revenge involves hurting or punishing someone who has hurt or harmed you.

The attackers were said to be taking revenge on the 14-year-old, claiming he was a school bully...

N-UNCOUNT : oft N on/for/against n

2.

If you revenge yourself on someone who has hurt you, you hurt them in return. ( WRITTEN )

The Sunday Mercury accused her of trying to revenge herself on her former lover...

...the relatives of murdered villagers wanting to revenge the dead.

= avenge

VERB : V pron-refl on n , V n

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