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: October 16, 2024
\ig-ZAKT\ verb
What It Means
To exact something (such as payment or revenge) is to demand it and get it, especially by using force or threats. Exact is also used in phrases like "exact a terrible toll" and "exact a high/heavy price" to say that something has caused a lot of suffering, loss, etc.
// The novel's protagonist is undeterred by either time or circumstance in her effort to exact revenge.
// Our mistakes exacted a heavy price.
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