avenger
Example Sentences
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Reacher, then, is both an overt right-wing power fantasy and the kind of avenger lefties can get behind.
From Salon
He can’t “fix” what’s oppressing them, but he may be able to rig it for a favored few, becoming the heartland’s and the urban working-class’ imagined avenger when he’s really their pusher.
From Salon
Now, the avengers agreed, they were the “last bastion of defense” for the masses.
From Los Angeles Times
That wouldn’t stop the health care machine from crushing more people because that cruelty and violence is systemic, not individual — and that problem can’t be fixed by a lone avenger with a gun.
From Salon
Duncan’s great-grandmother, Lucy Moore, was just 6 when U.S. soldiers and self-appointed avengers besieged her and other villagers.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
