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View definitions for be avenged

be avenged

verb as in get back at

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Iran's supreme leader had vowed on Saturday that Israel's killing of Hezbollah ally Hassan Nasrallah would be avenged.

From BBC

The head of the Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, praised Mousavi and vowed his death would be avenged.

Thomas, for his part, often reacts to criticism of his hackish opinions by comparing his plight to a cheated-upon spouse, which befits a lifetime of him regarding himself as a victim who deserves to be avenged.

From Salon

He said the attack would be avenged.

He said the attack would be avenged.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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