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IELTS BNC: 9690 COCA: 8569

vengeance

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vengeance /ˈvɛnʤəns/ noun
vengeance
/ˈvɛnʤəns/
noun
Learner's definition of VENGEANCE
[noncount]
: the act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt you or someone else报复；报仇；复仇

with a vengeance

: with great force or effort很大力度地；全力地
IELTS BNC: 9690 COCA: 8569

vengeance

noun

ven·​geance ˈven-jən(t)s How to pronounce vengeance (audio)
: punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense : retribution
Phrases
with a vengeance
1
: with great force or vehemence
undertook reform with a vengeance
2
: to an extreme or excessive degree
the tourists are back—with a vengeance

Synonyms

Example Sentences

He thought briefly of the long-dead woman bound to this stone in 1654 and burnt alive as a witch. And for what? An over-sharp tongue, delusions, mental eccentricity, to satisfy a private vengeance, the need for a scapegoat in times of sickness or the failure of a harvest, or perhaps as a sacrifice to propitiate a malignant unnamed god? P. D. James, The Private Patient, 2008 Unlike the type of cannibalism much of the world had come to know—among desperate explorers, marooned sailors, and victims of famine—the Cinta Larga's consumption of human flesh was born not out of necessity but out of vengeance and an adherence to tribal traditions and ceremony. Candice Millard, The River of Doubt, 2005 As it turns out, police crackdowns in the 1990's did not so much destroy Los Angeles street gangs as temporarily displace them to Central America. Soon they returned with a vengeance; gang-related homicide rose 50 percent between 1999 and 2002. Richard Brookhiser, New York Times Book Review, 9 Jan. 2005 He is trying to do in his corner of Texas what death-penalty opponents say is impossible: enforce capital punishment flawlessly, ensuring that the innocent never spend a day on death row and the guilty are sent there only after trials free of bias and vengeance. John Cloud, Time, 14 July 2003 A holy war may be launched to root out terrorism, but its form must be a punitive crusade, an angry god's vengeance exacted upon sinners, since no proper war can exist when there is no recognition of the other's list of grievances, no awareness of the relentless dynamic binding the powerful and powerless. John Edgar Wideman, Harper's, March 2002 The fire was set as an act of vengeance. Angry protesters wanted to inflict vengeance on the killer. See More
Recent Examples on the Web With more workers returning to offices since Labor Day, the Washington region’s notorious rush-hour traffic has returned with a vengeance, as pandemic-era hybrid schedules have made commuting less predictable and, in many cases, more miserable. Katherine Shaver, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 Then the other factor at play kicked in with a vengeance. Kris Frieswick, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 The miniskirts that reigned in the early aughts and came back with a vengeance in 2022? Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 New York Fashion Week is back with a vengeance, with editors, buyers, and influencers buzzing from show to show to see the latest designs from the industry's biggest names. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2022 Some of the bugs that stopped circulating in the early part of the pandemic have come back with a vengeance, and scientists worry that the same will be true when flu activity returns to pre-pandemic levels. Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 Sep. 2022 Jordan Wright: The sixth-year player returned from suspension with a vengeance. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 After more than two years of unprecedentedly low flu case numbers — thanks to COVID-19 restrictions that made exposure to all viruses less likely — health experts are expecting the flu to return with a vengeance this season. Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022 Wedding season, after two years of cancellations and delays, came back with a vengeance in 2022 ... Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English vengeaunce, borrowed from Anglo-French, from venger "to exact satisfaction for" (going back to Latin vindicāre "to lay claim to, exact retribution for") + -aunce -ance — more at vindicate

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of vengeance was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing vengeance
IELTS BNC: 9690 COCA: 8569
vengeance

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + VENGEANCE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤terrible可怕的報復VERB + VENGEANCE➤exact, take, wreak復仇；報仇；報復◇She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin.她決心要向殺害表妹的兇手報仇。➤be bent on, demand, seek, want一心要／要求／尋求／想要復仇◇He stormed out, eyes blazing, bent on vengeance.他兩眼冒火、怒氣沖沖地衝了出去，決意要報仇雪恨。➤swear, vow發誓／矢志復仇PREPOSITION➤vengeance against向⋯的報復◇He sought vengeance against those who had humiliated his country.他尋求向那些曾侮辱過自己國家的人報仇。➤vengeance for為⋯的報仇◇vengeance for the murder of the princess為被謀害的公主報仇➤vengeance on, vengeance upon對⋯的報復◇He silently vowed vengeance on them all.他默默發誓要報復他們所有的人。

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