- avenge as a verb:
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avenge
verb
1 avenge
Take revenge for a perceived wrong:
— He wants to avenge the murder of his brother.
Roget 919: revenge, avenge; vindicate; take one's revenge, have one's revenge; breathe revenge, breathe vengeance; wreak one's vengeance, wreak one's anger. have accounts to settle, have a crow to pluck, have a bone to pick, have a rod in pickle. keep the wound green; ... show more
Dutch: wraak nemen, vergelden, wreken
Moby thesaurus: avengement, avenging, chasten, chastise, compensate, correct, counterblow, even the score, get even with, launch a vendetta, pay back, pay out, punish, recompense, redress, repay, reprisal, requital, requite, retaliate ... show more.
avenging
adjective
Roget 919: revengeful, vengeful; vindictive, rancorous; pitiless etc. 914.1; ruthless, rigorous, avenging. unforgiving, unrelenting; inexorable, stony-hearted, ... show more
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