Manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty
Inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another)
Defeat heavily in a contest
Have a long and complicated dispute
VERB
Avenge - Inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another)
Pierre felt that honor compelled him to kill Gaston to avenge Gaston's killing of Pierre's sister, even though he knew that the killing had been unintentional.