be avenged
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And Missandei absolutely deserves to be avenged; I wish that for us all.
From Slate ● May 6, 2019
They cared so little about their street reputations that they would sell to customers who had robbed or cheated them, treating the losses as business write-offs rather than personal insults to be avenged.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2018
They have never asked for vengeance, nor even for justice—because their children’s deaths can never be avenged, because there can be no justice.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 25, 2016
Every regional war, every confrontation, resulted in a kind of delusional Groundhog Day where old ledgers got wiped clean and brand new grievances were avowed to be avenged.
From Newsweek ● Nov. 24, 2012
You shall be avenged in turn; for not one of them but shall minister to your needs.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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