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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But the team wouldn’t mind avenging Saturday’s loss at Marquette, which cost them a regular season championship.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026 -
The win also carries extra meaning for a program that has rapidly risen under coach Cameron Bradford, avenging a 2023 NorCal semifinal loss to Oakland and sending TKA to its second consecutive NorCal final.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Revenging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revenging. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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