to avenge
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4.9
- verb
- /əˈvɛndʒ/
:
vengar
- The boy understood that he was destined to avenge his father's death by fighting piracy, greed and cruelty in all their forms.
- avenge the death
- avenge the murder
- avenge the killing
And it reduces the need to follow through on vengeance and to avenge blood with blood.
- And it reduces the need to follow through on vengeance and to avenge blood with blood.
- He'd been the butt of all jokes, even when he'd sworn to avenge Rolf's death.
- He says even if you do avenge them, can they be redeemed by being avenged?
- They are simply looking for a fight, a place to relieve tension, to prop themselves up by diminishing you, or to avenge their shame.
- Know that God is going to avenge you and that the light will show the truth and people will see you for who you are and God will hold you in his righteous right hand.
- Because they're not seeking to avenge themselves for their upset.
- I mean, I guess this could count as one that you're still really bitter about that you need to avenge.
- And I feel like you'd see a lot of outside aspects of his life get ditched for a decent amount of time to avenge what it feels like.
- So if I'm an angry person, by the habit of interpreting people talking about things as insults to myself, that then I have to avenge.
Examples
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After losing the battle, the warriors vowed to avenge their fallen comrades.
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Her father responded to her story by forming a vigilante party to avenge his daughter's mistreatment.
Academic text (2008) -
If you get killed, we avenge you.
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At best, it would allow them to avenge the deaths of their brothers in arms.
Fiction book (2002) -
Where and how do I find the murderer so that I can avenge his crime?
Academic text (1999) -
Since you will not avenge my death, I shall see you no more till Ticonderoga.
Fiction book (1999) -
If I don't avenge my father's death, we'll never be safe.
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But the point is, he was killed by a human being and I'm obligated to avenge him.
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There was a time when Wesley wanted to avenge Jack's death as much as she did.
Fiction book (2002) -
She planned to avenge her brother's injury by confronting those who harmed him.
Synonyms
105
7.3
To hurt someone because they hurt you
77
5.6
To do something to hurt someone because they hurt you
46
5.4
To do something to hurt someone because they hurt you
34
4.9
To fight back after someone attacks or hurts you
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4.2
Do something to hurt someone because they hurt you
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4.9
To attack back after an enemy attacks to stop their advance
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4.2
To harm someone because they hurt you or someone you care about
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Etymology
Avenge comes from an old root venge, the same part you see in vengeance and revenge, and it originally meant 'to take revenge'. So to avenge someone is to punish someone in return for a wrong.