as in to revenge
to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for
a play about a prince who struggles to avenge his father's death
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Recent Examples of avenge
The central question of the story becomes what Ellie will sacrifice in order to avenge Joel.
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Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
Ripley avenged this loss by regaining the Women's World title from Liv.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Man makes an enemy to avenge his father, man learns that enemy is his father, man and father die tragically together without ever knowing each other.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Jason Statham plays Farmer, a man who must save his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son at the hands of a race of animal warriors called Krugs.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
Ripley avenged this loss by regaining the Women's World title from Liv.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Man makes an enemy to avenge his father, man learns that enemy is his father, man and father die tragically together without ever knowing each other.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Jason Statham plays Farmer, a man who must save his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son at the hands of a race of animal warriors called Krugs.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
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Sharing the land with wolves means some farmers lose livestock when wolves eat them, and some farmers retaliate by killing wolves, not always legally.—
Olivia Ferrari,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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New Delhi retaliated by launching airstrikes on Pakistan, the first such incursion into its territory since the 1971 war.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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Detroit doesn’t just punish defensive miscues in the half court.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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There's an implicit fear of failure and an ingrained cultural mindset that punishes not rewards those who dare to think differently.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Avenge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenge. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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