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The Clue
Retaliate; avenge (7 letter answer)
The Answer
PAYBACK
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Notes
The answer PAYBACK is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Retaliate
Retribution
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Definition
PAYBACK as a noun:
1. financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
2. (vengeance, retribution, payback) = the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"