avenge
verb [T] /əˈvendʒ/ formalDefinition
› to do harm to or punish the person responsible for something bad done to you or your family or friends in order to achieve a fair situation: He swore he would avenge his brother's death. She determined to avenge herself on the killer. At the end of the film, the murderer is killed by his victim's avenging girlfriend.Revenge and vengefulness avenger /əˈven.dʒər/
/-dʒɚ/ noun [C] › Russell Crowe stars as a grief-stricken avenger on the trail of his family's killers.Revenge and vengefulness
/-dʒɚ/ noun [C] › Russell Crowe stars as a grief-stricken avenger on the trail of his family's killers.Revenge and vengefulness(Definition of avenge verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- fix verb (PUNISH)
- get even with sb idiom
- get sb back phrasal verb
- get your own back (on sb) idiom
- hit back phrasal verb
- pay sb back phrasal verb
- reprisal noun
- retaliate verb
- retaliatory adjective
- revenge verb
- revengeful adjective
- settle an (old) score idiom
- settle an account idiom
- strike back phrasal verb
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance noun
- vengeful adjective
- vindictive adjective
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