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avenging

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verb

present participle of avenge

Example Sentences

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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 Iron Man and his avenging friends are onto Phase 3 now.) David Greenwald, OregonLive.com, 13 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenging
Adjective
  • In the scene in question, a liberal, idealistic senator of the imperial government that controls much of the galaxy speaks out against a vengeful attack on the protesting residents of Ghorman, a planet that the empire is attempting to subjugate and militarize.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
  • But one great actor who flew under the radar was Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who played the vengeful father Rayburn Swanson in The Silencing.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • Paying clients knew how vindictive Trump could be and didn’t want to antagonize him, even if no one imagined that a tactic quite as effective as the executive orders would soon be deployed.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
  • And vindictive organizations can and do continue retaliating, even years after a story has dropped off the front pages.
    Kate Kenny, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But punishing that behavior means bringing the hammer down on Vietnam, hardly a step that would win Washington strategic support in Hanoi, where a new leadership dominated by public security and military officials actually sees eye to eye with China in some areas.
    Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • In an interview with The Athletic last month, Diggins described the feeling of finishing one of the most punishing endurance tests in all of sports.
    Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Fans hoping for a revengeful scoring outburst were left wanting a little more, however, as Dončić — a career 28.6 points per game scorer — added only 10 points over the final three quarters.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Eventually, this revengeful streak will result in loneliness and isolation.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Their love and faith are soon tested by a malevolent presence.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2025
  • Becca’s disintegration emphasizes the parts of her that endure; the avatar, on the other hand, is a parody of that real flesh, an uncanny and malevolent imitation.
    Alexandra Kleeman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The ransomware attacks in question started with malicious Google Ads deployed by the threat actors.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025

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“Avenging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenging. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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