[ US /əˈvɛndʒ/ ]
[ UK /ɐvˈɛnd‍ʒ/ ]
VERB
  1. take revenge for a perceived wrong
    He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
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How To Use avenge In A Sentence

  • This day wilt thou either bring back in triumph the gory head and spoils of Aeneas, and we will avenge Lausus 'agonies; or if no force opens a way, thou wilt die with me: for I deem not, bravest, thou wilt deign to bear an alien rule and a Teucrian lord.' The Aeneid of Virgil
  • The author went from from a condemning avengeful God to a milch toast, permissive parent who forgives all offenses AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • The fact that many crustaceans, being omnivorous, may act as scavengers and eat the corpses of fellow aquatic creatures need not be a deterrent.
  • A related species, the burrowing bettong, will scavenge sheep carcasses.
  • Four of them were shipmates from the old Type 21 frigate HMS Avenger, stokers from 3D Mess, two of whom now live in Lancashire, one in Merseyside and the other in Guernsey.
  • Might it not be some terrible avenger, out of the mystery beyond life, placed to beset him and finish him finally on this road that he was convinced was surely the death-road? CHAPTER XXXVI
  • Of this cruel knight and felonous you have avenged this country. The High History of the Holy Graal
  • All that is left is a grim arena where matter is collected by scavengers and transformed into useful merchandise.
  • Now they find themselves thrust yet again into an intense triangular relationship: Jimmy the avenger, Sean the truth-seeker and Dave the unfortunate.
  • The charred remains of a body was discovered by scavengers searching for scrap metal yesterday morning.
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