"with a vengeance" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-with a vengeance.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) With an intense motivation; in an extreme, intense, or violent manner. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (as an adverb): intensely, violently Synonyms (modifying a noun postpositively): intense Translations (with intense motivation): uit alle macht (Dutch), mit aller Macht (German), со всей си́лы (so vsej síly) (Russian), со всей ду́ри (so vsej dúri) (Russian)

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