vengeance

• He'd courted her with what he referred to as a vengeance. —  Garwood, Julie - Rose 2 - One Pink Rose
• But his vengeance was to be a great vengeance, and the vengeance was delayed The king gave a feast, and on that day every one in the land brought offerings of their best and most costly to do him honour. —  A Book of Myths
• Is it not so To which all the rats, in chorus, shouted out "Yes, yes But the mode in which we shall execute our vengeance is the question. —  Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures
• From the Danube to the Tiber did this band of robbers severally pursue their perilous routes through all the difficulties of the road and the jealousies of the military stations, sustained by the mere thirst of vengeance--vengeance against that mighty foe whom they knew only by his proclamations against themselves. —  The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886
• They may retire before their vengeance has been accomplished; but in that case they are probably doing so as a defeated party, with the intention of renewing the attack on a subsequent occasion. —  The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea

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