Response and Vengeance

Response

Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

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Vengeance and response are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vengeance" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

Vengeance noun - The act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.

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Response and vengeance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Response" instead a noun "Vengeance".

Nearby Word: vengeful

appropriate	appropriate response	appropriate vengeance
original	original response	original vengeance
initial	initial response	initial vengeance
proper	proper response	proper vengeance
Other adjectives: real, great, slow, unique, angry, immediate, military, justified, intended.

In response, Ishtar throws a temper tantrum to convince her father, the sky-god Anu to sic the Bull of Heaven, embodiment of the gods' vengeance, on Gilgamesh's city, Uruk, to destroy everyone in it.

Source: Mate or Die
Detroit was a mixed-race city until about the 1970s, at which point "white flight" kicked in with a vengeance (mostly in response to race riots).

Source: Monochrome Casting
Revenge: For most of the first season, Emily's quest for vengeance against the Graysons is purely in response to them framing her father, David, for terrorism and sending him to prison for life.

Source: You Killed My Father

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