avengers

plural of avenger
as in vigilantes
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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Noun
  • So there's going to be people, vigilantes, superheroes that are involved in that.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Armed with clubs and pistols, vigilantes went door to door, herding more than three hundred men, women, and children through the streets and out of town.
    Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Nevermore kids soon encounter their ideal nemeses in a troop of normie paramilitary Boy Scout types who’ve reserved the camp for the same days.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Avengers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avengers. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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