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- Dictionaryrevenge/rɪˈvɛn(d)ʒ/
noun
- 1. the action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands: "other spurned wives have taken public revenge on their husbands" Similar
verb
- 1. inflict hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong done to oneself: literary "I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you" Similar
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verb [ T ] uk / rɪˈvendʒ / us / rɪˈvendʒ / to harm someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to you: to revenge a death / defeat / injustice. The red team revenged them selves on the blue team by winning the semifinal. Synonym. avenge formal. Compare. retaliate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of REVENGE is to avenge (oneself or another) usually by retaliating in kind or degree. How to use revenge in a sentence.
REVENGE meaning: 1. harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to someone else: 2. to harm…. Learn more.
1. to inflict damage, injury, or punishment in return for (an injury, insult, etc.); retaliate for. 2. to take vengeance in behalf of (a person, oneself, etc.); avenge. verb intransitive. 3. Obsolete. to take vengeance. noun.
n. v.t. 1. to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, esp. in a vindictive spirit: to revenge a murdered brother. 2. to inflict pain or harm for; take vengeance for; avenge: to revenge a son's murder. n. 3. the act of revenging; retaliation for injuries or wrongs; vengeance.
Someone seeking revenge is looking to retaliate for a wrong that has been done. Sometimes a word can be used as either a noun or a verb, without changing the spelling. That's the case with revenge.
noun. /rɪˈvendʒ/ [uncountable] something that you do in order to make somebody suffer because they have made you suffer. revenge for something She is seeking revenge for the murder of her husband. The bombing was an act of revenge for the shooting of two young boys. in revenge for something The bombing was in revenge for the assassination.