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exact

verb: to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
verb: to demand and get (something, such as payment or revenge) especially by using force or threats
adjective: fully and completely correct or accurate
adjective: exhibiting or marked by strict, particular, and complete accordance with fact or a standard
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.
synonyms: true, correct, precise

I realize now that I have tried to make my work the 'exact opposite' of my father's. [=to make my work as different as possible from my father's]
He used to be romantic, but now he's the 'exact opposite'. [=now he is not at all romantic]
He came a long way—from Nome, Alaska, 'to be exact'—to attend the wedding.

(..) Bane. Goodbye. I climbed out of the pit. I found my father... and brought him back to exact terrible vengeance. But by that time... the prisoners and doctor had done their work to my friend. My protector. The League took us in. (..)
2012 The Dark Knight Rises