Avenge
to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for:
to avenge a grave insult.
to take vengeance on behalf of:
He avenged his brother.
Contemporary Examples
At some point during the evening, she started acting strangely, claiming she was there to avenge the death of Michael Jackson.
The Malibu Murder Mystery Christine Pelisek November 4, 2010
Protestors chanted “with our blood and our souls, we will avenge you, oh martyr.”
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Within days of 9/11 he was talking about a “crusade” to avenge the blow, without realizing how freighted that word was.
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In 1973, he led the deadly raid on PLO guerillas in Beirut to avenge the Munich massacre of 11 Israeli athletes a year earlier.
Saying Goodbye To Lipkin-Shahak Mira Sucharov December 18, 2012
Marius is a Roman soldier whose father is killed and he goes to avenge the death.
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Historical Examples
He saw a savage grin on the man’s face as he raised his rifle again to finish the job and avenge his comrade.
On Land And Sea At The Dardanelles Thomas Charles Bridges
If his passion had lost victory he could do nothing less than avenge defeat.
The World Peril of 1910 George Griffith
If I cannot save her, I will avenge her in an exemplary manner.
The Smuggler Chief Gustave Aimard
Well, if none of you will help me and if none of you will avenge me, I’ll find those who will.
The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Padraic Colum
Not long after this, disregarding the oath he had sworn, he was eager to avenge himself upon the Huns for the insult done him.
History of the Wars, Books I and II (of 8) Procopius
verb
(usually transitive) to inflict a punishment in retaliation for (harm, injury, etc) done to (a person or persons); take revenge for or on behalf of: to avenge a crime, to avenge a murdered friend
v.
late 14c., from Anglo-French avenger, Old French avengier, from a- “to” (see ad-) + vengier “take revenge” (Modern French venger), from Latin vindicare “to claim, avenge, punish” (see vindicate). Related: Avenged; avenging.
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