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revenge
verbs
take revenge
• He dreamed of taking revenge on his father’s killers.
get (your) revenge
• Louise eventually got her revenge by reporting him to the immigration service.
have your revenge
• One day I’ll have my revenge.
seek revenge
• They play two women who seek revenge on their former partners.
want revenge
• You broke her heart and now she wants revenge.
exact/wreak revenge
formal (= take revenge )
• He was exacting revenge on society.
vow revenge
(= promise to take revenge )
• His supporters vowed revenge for his death.
adjectives
a terrible/awful revenge
• Caesar returned to Rome to exact a terrible revenge.
revenge + NOUN
a revenge attack
• The camp was burned down, apparently in a revenge attack.
a revenge killing
• Her death was followed by a series of revenge killings.
phrases
an act of revenge
• The men were shot dead in an act of revenge for Khan’s assassination.
revenge is sweet
(= said when someone feels good because they have got revenge )
• It took me a long time, but revenge is sweet.
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noun ADJ. sweet VERB + REVENGE seek, want | exact, get, have, take, wreak He vowed to take his revenge on the man who had killed his brother. REVENGE + NOUN attack, killing PREP. in ~ The attack was in revenge for the deaths of two loyalist prisoners. | ~ for revenge for the insult | ~ on taking revenge on her attacker PHRASES an act of revenge The bombing was an act of revenge for the shooting of two young boys. | a desire for revenge The accusations were driven by a desire for revenge.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary