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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In fact, everything the Bruins want to achieve remains in front of them – defending their Big Ten Tournament championship, avenging a 2025 Final Four loss.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026 -
Bella Ramsey takes a break from killing zombies and avenging father figures, their usual pastimes in series The Last of Us, to fool around and fall in love in Sunny Dancer, a decidedly uneven but fitfully charming, YA-skewed British comedy-drama.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Revenging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revenging. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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