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avenging
adjective as in vengeful
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adjective as in vindictive
noun as in eye for an eye
noun as in reprisal
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noun as in retribution
noun as in revenge
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noun as in vengeance
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Example Sentences
“Al Qaeda still talks about avenging the death of Osama bin Laden who will never be forgotten,” says the intelligence officer.
Who was a hero, who a fool, who an avenging angel, who a thief (or worse) and why?
Christianity traffics in forgiveness while "the Jewish God is an avenging God."
It was about avenging the death of those killed on the streets.
When I went to Afghanistan, television wrote about it like they were these American heroes avenging 9/11.
At that moment the crime and inefficacy of bloodshed, in avenging injuries like his, or any injuries, struck upon his soul.
The very soil in which it grew must be burned out with the flame of avenging justice.
Audacious manDefies the threats of the avenging sea,And to new shores and to new stars repeatsThe same sad tale of infamy and woe.
Although no Briton was seen to injure a woman or child in the streets or houses of Delhi, the avenging army spared no man.
Sterile, dissipated and prodigal, she made her husband very unhappy, thus avenging the first Mme. Brunner.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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