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avenger

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a·venge  (-vnj)
tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es
1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder.
2. To take vengeance on behalf of: avenged their wronged parents.
[Middle English avengen, from Old French avengier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + vengier, to vindicate (from Latin vindicre, to claim; see vindicate).]
a·venger n.
a·venging·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.avengeravenger - someone who takes vengeance          
retaliator
aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks
Translations
avenger [əˈvendʒəʳ] N → vengador(a) m/f
avenger [əˈvendʒər] n → vengeur/geresse m/f
the masked avenger → le vengeur masqué
an avenger of wrongs → un redresseur de torts
avenger
n → Rächer(in) m(f)
avenger [əˈvɛndʒəʳ] n → vendicatore/trice
avenger [əˈvɛndʒəʳ] n → vendicatore/trice


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Canst thou be judge for thyself, and avenger of thy law?
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
But the Nautilus was rising slowly to the surface of the sea, and the form of the Avenger disappeared by degrees from my sight.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme Roger Chillingworth, however,was inclined to be hardly, if at all, less satisfied with the aspect of affairs, which Providence -- using the avenger and his victim for its own purposes, and, perchance, pardoning, where it seemed most to punish -- had substituted for his black devices A revelation, he could almost say, had been granted to him.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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