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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as vengeance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that an action is taken in retaliation or as a form of punishment.
Example: "He acted as vengeance for the wrongs done to his family."
Alternatives: "in retaliation" or "as retribution".
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The Christian militias, known as the anti-balaka, seem intent on what they perceive as vengeance.
In addition, clans were important as mechanisms of social control, as vengeance for serious crimes was frequently a clan responsibility.
They used the fear and reality of HIV, often pictured as vengeance, to back up their preaching.
He has no regrets though there follows a somewhat disturbing sexual episode which might be construed as vengeance (in a chapter entitled "Forgiveness"!).
Politicians dismiss accusations as vengeance or fantasy; women, sometimes threatened, fear for their jobs or reputations; the press steers clear.The DSK affair is changing all this.
They told a coroner that a £50,000 bounty has been offered to anyone who kills a Greater Manchester Police firearms officer, as vengeance for an earlier police shooting.
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It finds Ciara at her most tender (the reverie of DUI; the voluptuous, My Boo-sampling Body Party) and authoritative (Keep on Lookin', a taunting repudiation of the male gaze; the hedonism-as-vengeance anthem I'm Out).
The President as vengeance-seeker.
Hour of the Gun (1967), a ponderous sequel to Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, starred Garner as Earp, Jason Robards as Holliday, and Ryan as vengeance-obsessed Ike Clanton.
He would fight with vengeance, as well as simple victory, in mind.
They returned as soldiers, as seekers of vengeance and as liberators.
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