OXFORD Collocations | dictionary for students of English

vengeance noun

ADJ. terrible

VERB + VENGEANCE exact, take, wreak She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin. | be bent on, demand, seek, swear, vow, want He stormed out, eyes blazing, bent on vengeance.

PREP. ~ against They sought vengeance against the countries that had humiliated France in 1814. | ~ for vengeance for the murder of the princess | ~ on He silently vowed vengeance on them all.