as in avenging
to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for
a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother
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The movie tells the story of a teenager avenging the deaths of his family at the hands of hordes of carnivorous demons and, against all the odds, it has been embraced by critics and audiences alike.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025 -
The Eagles were avenging a heartbreaking loss.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Revenging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revenging. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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