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to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for
a play about a prince who struggles to avenge his father's death
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Recent Examples of avenging
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2018
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 May 2026
And following the game, Chisholm noted that he and some of his Yankees teammates are focused on avenging their playoff loss to the Blue Jays from last season.
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Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Hiroyuki Sanada plays Scorpion, an undead warrior hellbent on avenging the deaths of him and his family at the hands of Sub-Zero.
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Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Current political events offer a seemingly endless procession of cruelties worth avenging.
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Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Police now believe that the men who shot and killed Hughes were members of a Central Richmond gang, deadset on avenging a comrade who was gunned down in Oakland 10 days earlier.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
Smith positions the avenging goddess in a horror-show hall of mirrors, with a closed-circuit video feed focused on Vindicatrix’s upraised arm gesturing in oath.
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Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
The Illini can end Connecticut's ridiculous run on Saturday by avenging their November loss at Madison Square Garden.
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Ryan Baker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
And Houston tries to continue its march toward avenging its loss in last year’s championship game.
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The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Toss in his portly stature and Hoskins was a perfect choice for the heroic plumber Mario, the avenging angel who stomps through worlds of evil turtles and living mushrooms, even if the actor was neither Italian nor American.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2018
Verb
Mir is focused on fulfilling his dad’s dreams of investing DarCo money in golf courses and country clubs, while Raj is focused on avenging their father’s death at the hands of his former lieutenant, Ahmad (Brian George).
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Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 May 2026
And following the game, Chisholm noted that he and some of his Yankees teammates are focused on avenging their playoff loss to the Blue Jays from last season.
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Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Hiroyuki Sanada plays Scorpion, an undead warrior hellbent on avenging the deaths of him and his family at the hands of Sub-Zero.
—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Current political events offer a seemingly endless procession of cruelties worth avenging.
—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Police now believe that the men who shot and killed Hughes were members of a Central Richmond gang, deadset on avenging a comrade who was gunned down in Oakland 10 days earlier.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
Smith positions the avenging goddess in a horror-show hall of mirrors, with a closed-circuit video feed focused on Vindicatrix’s upraised arm gesturing in oath.
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Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
The Illini can end Connecticut's ridiculous run on Saturday by avenging their November loss at Madison Square Garden.
—
Ryan Baker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
And Houston tries to continue its march toward avenging its loss in last year’s championship game.
—
The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avenging
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Kara Zor-El (Alcock) goes on a planet-hopping mission to save her beloved Krypto – with young and vengeful girl Ruthye (Eve Ridley) in tow – after he’s poisoned by the villainous Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).
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Dallas Liu plays the multi-layered vengeful heir to the Fire Nation throne, Prince Zuko.
Verb
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Immigration attorneys and advocates are accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials of retaliating against detainees taking part in hunger strikes over inhumane conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.
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Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut over the weekend, which led to Iran retaliating with its own strike on Israel.
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That conflict sharply curtailed the region’s oil exports and saw several gulf countries take direct retaliatory Iranian missile and drone hits.
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In response, Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart of Poland’s highest state honor, prompting retaliatory moves from Kyiv.
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Americans across the nation are being asked (or ordered) to conserve water, thanks to widespread drought made even worse by a punishing heat wave.
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What Argentina don’t do particularly proficiently, for all their strengths, is offer a serious threat on the counter-attack, punishing opponents for pushing forward.
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And late last month, a judge who was presiding over the Justice Department's prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia dismissed the charges, finding the case was vindictive.
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Several prosecutors who played a role in the Broadview Six case have hired attorneys amid potential claims of vindictive prosecution and cover-up.
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DeMar DeRozan had 32, Russell Westbrook had a revengeful 22 and Malik Monk had 26 off the bench.
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Brian Heil played Don Jose with angst and ultimately, revengeful rage as Carmen’s spurned lover.
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Peter Gosselin Washington Moyn’s article and the accompanying cover photograph—showing old people as malevolent and evil—were not up to the usual standards of Harper’s Magazine.
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Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
Adjective
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According to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, 37-year-old Adam Mazur-Baker was arraigned Tuesday on one count of using a computer to commit a crime and one count of malicious use of telecommunications services.
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This command executes malicious code inside the AppleScript directly.
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“Avenging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avenging. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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