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avenging

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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.
Translations
avenging [əˈvendʒɪŋ] ADJ → vengador
avenging [əˈvɛndʒɪŋ] adj → vendicatore/trice
avenging [əˈvɛndʒɪŋ] adj → vendicatore/trice


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The Danites, taking their name from the avenging angels of the Mormon mythology, sprang up in the mountains of the Great West and spread over the Pacific Coast from Panama to Alaska.
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But to represent the Almighty as avenging the sins of the guilty on the innocent, was indecent, if not blasphemous, as it was to represent him acting against the first principles of natural justice, and against the original notions of right and wrong, which he himself had implanted in our minds; by which we were to judge not only in all matters which were not revealed, but even of the truth of revelation itself.
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The avenging fiend, it rides Upon an atmosphere of death.
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