as in nemesis
one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense
a novel about a man who becomes the obsessed avenger of his sister's death
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Recent Examples of avenger
An important, if subtle, difference between Meiko Kaji and Pam Grier as action stars is that, where Kaji is an avenger, Grier is a protector.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
May God be the ultimate avenger.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
The 22-year-old star is, for the first time since childhood, free from playing Mike Wheeler, who began his arc as the valiant but often obstinate tween avenger who wrangles a group of kids to battle the dark forces that reign just beneath the surface of Hawkins, Indiana.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
May God be the ultimate avenger.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
The 22-year-old star is, for the first time since childhood, free from playing Mike Wheeler, who began his arc as the valiant but often obstinate tween avenger who wrangles a group of kids to battle the dark forces that reign just beneath the surface of Hawkins, Indiana.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenger
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In the early window, my Dirty Birds were down three to our arch-nemesis, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.—
Coy Wire,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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His nemesis Toby returned nine episodes later.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Notably, Bernthal’s take on the vigilante was featured in two seasons of Netflix’s The Punisher before it was canceled in 2019.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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And in 2017, the title poem of my collection, Crossing the Border, satirized vigilante border patrols that hunt immigrants like animals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Avenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenger. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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