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adjective

Definition of avengingnext
as in vengeful

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verb

present participle of avenge
as in revenging
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 avenging
Adjective
Toss in his portly stature and Hoskins was a perfect choice for the heroic plumber Mario, the avenging angel who stomps through worlds of evil turtles and living mushrooms, even if the actor was neither Italian nor American. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 May 2018
Verb
There’s a house on the property where Francis Ford Coppola filmed Vito Corleone avenging his mother’s death in The Godfather Part II, but Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were interested in a much older tale about Sicily—one of gods and mortals. — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 14 July 2026 While there has been talk of avenging that conflict on social media, the Argentina news outlet Clarín shared a letter from veterans of the Falklands War. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 Mir is focused on fulfilling his dad’s dreams of investing DarCo money in golf courses and country clubs, while Raj is focused on avenging their father’s death at the hands of his former lieutenant, Ahmad (Brian George). — Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 May 2026 And following the game, Chisholm noted that he and some of his Yankees teammates are focused on avenging their playoff loss to the Blue Jays from last season. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Hiroyuki Sanada plays Scorpion, an undead warrior hellbent on avenging the deaths of him and his family at the hands of Sub-Zero. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 Current political events offer a seemingly endless procession of cruelties worth avenging. — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 Police now believe that the men who shot and killed Hughes were members of a Central Richmond gang, deadset on avenging a comrade who was gunned down in Oakland 10 days earlier. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026 Smith positions the avenging goddess in a horror-show hall of mirrors, with a closed-circuit video feed focused on Vindicatrix’s upraised arm gesturing in oath. — Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenging
  1. vengeful
  2. retaliating
  3. retaliatory
  4. punishing
  5. vindictive
  6. revengeful
  7. malevolent
  8. malicious
Adjective
  • As rumours build of a vengeful Thai forest spirit a mysterious young woman appears.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 14 July 2026
  • The attempts to save Platner in the high stakes campaign to defeat Republican incumbent Susan Collins involved portraying Platner’s accusers, women, as vengeful liars.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
Definition of vengeful
Verb
  • The attacks again raised the possibility that Gulf Arab states were retaliating against Iran without discussing it in public.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Brooks, a South Carolina congressman, was retaliating for a speech Sumner had given condemning slavery and personally insulting a relative of Brooks.
    — Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
Definition of retaliating
Adjective
  • Twice in recent days, the United States has launched retaliatory strikes on Iran following drone attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Her attorneys argued that the fee award would help to deter frivolous and retaliatory suits against accusers in the future.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 June 2026
Definition of retaliatory
Verb
  • The blaze comes amid Western Europe’s third punishing heat wave this summer, fueling deadly fires in Spain and France and underscoring scientists’ findings that the continent is warming twice as fast as the global average.
    — Sergio Rodrigo, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • Acts of kindness are few and far between in the punishing Myanmar textile factory where young San Kyi (Nandar Myat Aung) makes a meager living, hunched over a sewing machine.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 July 2026
Definition of punishing
Adjective
  • Brennan argues the records are vital to a potential vindictive-prosecution defense, citing more than 100 Trump statements attacking him and directives to pursue cases without legal basis.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Her reasons for taking the throne have become more personal, more vindictive.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of vindictive
Adjective
  • DeMar DeRozan had 32, Russell Westbrook had a revengeful 22 and Malik Monk had 26 off the bench.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Brian Heil played Don Jose with angst and ultimately, revengeful rage as Carmen’s spurned lover.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Definition of revengeful
Adjective
  • There’s a reason Hollywood thrives on harmless, lovable characters that turn into malevolent, even homicidal, threats.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Peter Gosselin Washington Moyn’s article and the accompanying cover photograph—showing old people as malevolent and evil—were not up to the usual standards of Harper’s Magazine.
    — Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of malevolent
Adjective
  • Anthropic has reported banning accounts and tightening filters after detecting attempts to use Claude for phishing emails, malicious code and safeguard bypasses.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Rather than needing years of specialist knowledge, attackers can now use large language models to perform reconnaissance, identify weaknesses, write malicious code and map computer networks in ways that previously demanded significant expertise.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of malicious

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