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vengeance

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vengeance
noun
he demanded vengeance for the murder of his father:
revenge, avengement, retribution, retributive justice, retaliation, requital, reprisal;
counterstroke, comeback, nemesis, satisfaction, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth), tit for tat, measure for measure, blow for blow;
Latin quid pro quo, lex talionis;
informal comeuppance, a taste of one's own medicine;
rare ultion, a Roland for an Oliver.
with a vengeance
she set to work with a vengeance:
vigorously, strenuously, energetically, with a will, with might and main, with all the stops out, for all one is worth, to the utmost, to the greatest extreme, to the full, to the limit, all out, flat out, at full tilt;
powerfully, strongly, forcefully, violently, vehemently, furiously, wildly, madly;
informal hammer and tongs, like crazy, like mad;
British, informal like billy-o.
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