avenged; avenging
1
: to take vengeance for or on behalf of
vowed to avenge their murdered father
2
: to exact satisfaction for (a wrong) by punishing the wrongdoer
was determined to avenge the assault
avenger
noun
Examples of avenge in a Sentence
The brothers vowed to avenge the death of their father.
They vowed to avenge their father by capturing and punishing his killer.
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Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
In what has to be the cruelest Survivor fate ever, Francesca came back to avenge being voted out first… and was then promptly voted out first again!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Saint Mary’s used a 19-2 run spanning the two halves and a dominant rebounding performance to avenge an earlier loss at Santa Clara by taking down the Broncos 86-67 in a battle of teams tied for second place.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
With the Yankees’ long list of WBC participants expected to leave camp on March 1 — the tournament runs from March 5-17 — Judge can’t wait to don a different uniform for a little while as Team USA looks to avenge its second-place finish to Japan in 2023.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Avenge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avenge. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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avenge
verb
avenged; avenging
: to take vengeance for (an action) or on behalf of (a person)
avenger
noun
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