Vengeance
noun
The act of hurting or punishing someone in response to a wrong action they have done.
He swore vengeance on those who had wronged him.
Often appears as...
- swear vengeance
- seek vengeance
noun
The act of hurting or punishing someone in response to a wrong action they have done.
He swore vengeance on those who had wronged him.
Often appears as...
- swear vengeance
- seek vengeance
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Vengeance conveys a deep, powerful desire to retaliate, often with passion.
Her eyes blazed with vengeance as she confronted her betrayer.
Pro Tip 2/3Preceding Injustice
Vengeance is usually sought after a perceived serious injustice, not minor offenses.
The community sought vengeance for the unlawful destruction of their homes.
Pro Tip 3/3Narrative Tension
In stories, vengeance can be a central theme that drives plot and character motivation.
The hero's quest for vengeance became the saga's driving force.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Vengeance conveys a deep, powerful desire to retaliate, often with passion.
Her eyes blazed with vengeance as she confronted her betrayer.
Pro Tip 2/3Preceding Injustice
Vengeance is usually sought after a perceived serious injustice, not minor offenses.
The community sought vengeance for the unlawful destruction of their homes.
Pro Tip 3/3Narrative Tension
In stories, vengeance can be a central theme that drives plot and character motivation.
The hero's quest for vengeance became the saga's driving force.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Vengeance conveys a deep, powerful desire to retaliate, often with passion.
Her eyes blazed with vengeance as she confronted her betrayer.
Pro Tip 2/3Preceding Injustice
Vengeance is usually sought after a perceived serious injustice, not minor offenses.
The community sought vengeance for the unlawful destruction of their homes.
Pro Tip 3/3Narrative Tension
In stories, vengeance can be a central theme that drives plot and character motivation.
The hero's quest for vengeance became the saga's driving force.
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Safari Live - Day 214 PIPE...
essentially a carcass gets laced with poison and laid out sometimes aiming for the vultures mostly aiming for other predators and scavengers and getting the Volscians as a side effect but they've come back with with a vengeance with the arrival of the migration and most of them will follow
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Pulsar Planets PIPE...
so it's like a solar wind with a vengeance I can't imagine that there would be much of an opportunity for even simple life microbial life to emerge and to flourish on a planet around a pulsar largely because if you are in the pulse you'd be severely energized and if you
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Solving the Mystery of...
these wannabe conquistadors go to the now humbled conquered inca and asked them hey where's another civilization we could conquer we want more gold out of vengeance the inca tell them oh you want gold you know go to the amazon you will find all
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Four sisters in Ancient...
escorted by some of Dad's bodyguards. Returning to the house, the girls cross the atrium. The slaves, young and old, male and female, await the return of their owner. When he returns, he may exact vengeance, ensuring his power over the slaves
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The treadmill's dark and...
But of course the torture device returned with a vengeance, this time targeting the unsuspecting public. In 1911, a treadmill patent was registered in the U.S., and by 1952, the forerunner for today's modern treadmill had been created.
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It's time to reclaim...
contain the raw material to justify violence and extremism, and also contain the raw material to justify compassion, coexistence and kindness -- that when others choose to read our texts as directives for hate and vengeance,
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From Revenge to...
families and said we gonna put an end to this cycle people use our stories and use us to spread more hatred and more vengeance and we said enough is enough our tears are as bitter our pain is the same and our blood color
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Earth-Building Wounds PIPE...
vengeance most of the land we stand on was originally created by volcanism like this over centuries the forces of nature turned blackened cinders into weathered rock on which grass can grow life can flourish
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Gabby Rivera: The story...
America Chavez. Yeah! Listen, OK. Created by Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta for the Marvel miniseries "Vengeance,"
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Hunting with a T-Rex PIPE...
the mother Tyrannosaurus has broken her fast and she is back with a vengeance in
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Safari Live - Day 214 PIPE...
essentially a carcass gets laced with poison and laid out sometimes aiming for the vultures mostly aiming for other predators and scavengers and getting the Volscians as a side effect but they've come back with with a vengeance with the arrival of the migration and most of them will follow
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Pulsar Planets PIPE...
so it's like a solar wind with a vengeance I can't imagine that there would be much of an opportunity for even simple life microbial life to emerge and to flourish on a planet around a pulsar largely because if you are in the pulse you'd be severely energized and if you
Video examples
Solving the Mystery of...
these wannabe conquistadors go to the now humbled conquered inca and asked them hey where's another civilization we could conquer we want more gold out of vengeance the inca tell them oh you want gold you know go to the amazon you will find all
Video examples
Four sisters in Ancient...
escorted by some of Dad's bodyguards. Returning to the house, the girls cross the atrium. The slaves, young and old, male and female, await the return of their owner. When he returns, he may exact vengeance, ensuring his power over the slaves
Video examples
The treadmill's dark and...
But of course the torture device returned with a vengeance, this time targeting the unsuspecting public. In 1911, a treadmill patent was registered in the U.S., and by 1952, the forerunner for today's modern treadmill had been created.
Video examples
It's time to reclaim...
contain the raw material to justify violence and extremism, and also contain the raw material to justify compassion, coexistence and kindness -- that when others choose to read our texts as directives for hate and vengeance,
Video examples
From Revenge to...
families and said we gonna put an end to this cycle people use our stories and use us to spread more hatred and more vengeance and we said enough is enough our tears are as bitter our pain is the same and our blood color
Video examples
Earth-Building Wounds PIPE...
vengeance most of the land we stand on was originally created by volcanism like this over centuries the forces of nature turned blackened cinders into weathered rock on which grass can grow life can flourish
Video examples
Gabby Rivera: The story...
America Chavez. Yeah! Listen, OK. Created by Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta for the Marvel miniseries "Vengeance,"
Video examples
Hunting with a T-Rex PIPE...
the mother Tyrannosaurus has broken her fast and she is back with a vengeance in
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Quote examples
Wilma Rudolph
American Athlete
After the scarlet fever and the whooping cough, I remember I started to get mad about it all... I went through the stage of asking myself, 'Wilma, what is this existence all about? Is it about being sick all the time? It can't be.' So I started getting angry about things, fighting back in a new way with a vengeance.
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
Swiss Theologian
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
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Josh Keaton
American Actor
I'm passionate about fantasy movies. I'm passionate about comic book movies. I'm passionate about superheroes. And movies about vengeance. And all of that - the stuff that I grew up reading.
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Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Writer
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
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Ian McShane
English Actor
I don't believe in the death penalty, but I understand personal vengeance.
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Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Indian Politician
I strongly believe vengeance is not mine; it is for God to decide.
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Vittorio Alfieri
Italian Dramatist
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
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Pierre Corneille
French Dramatist
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
On wrongs swift vengeance waits.
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Wilma Rudolph
American Athlete
After the scarlet fever and the whooping cough, I remember I started to get mad about it all... I went through the stage of asking myself, 'Wilma, what is this existence all about? Is it about being sick all the time? It can't be.' So I started getting angry about things, fighting back in a new way with a vengeance.
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Hans Urs von Balthasar
Swiss Theologian
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.
Quote examples
Josh Keaton
American Actor
I'm passionate about fantasy movies. I'm passionate about comic book movies. I'm passionate about superheroes. And movies about vengeance. And all of that - the stuff that I grew up reading.
Quote examples
Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.
Quote examples
Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Writer
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Quote examples
Ian McShane
English Actor
I don't believe in the death penalty, but I understand personal vengeance.
Quote examples
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Indian Politician
I strongly believe vengeance is not mine; it is for God to decide.
Quote examples
Vittorio Alfieri
Italian Dramatist
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
Quote examples
Pierre Corneille
French Dramatist
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
Quote examples
Alexander Pope
English Poet
On wrongs swift vengeance waits.
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